Conversations with Mother (2004)

Original title

Conversaciones con mamá

Directed by

Santiago Carlos Oves

Genre

drama film, comedy drama

Country

Argentina

Runtime

1h 30m

Rating

5.9 of 10 from 14 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A middle-aged man on the verge of losing his job, home, and marriage turns to his elderly mother for comfort and guidance. Their conversations reveal the challenges of growing older and the strength of their bond.

warmbittersweetintimatereflectivegentlefamily-centeredunderstated

What happens

Conversations with Mother (Spanish: Conversaciones con mamá) is a 2004 Argentine comedy-drama film directed and written by Santiago Carlos Oves. The film stars Eduardo Blanco as a middle-aged man who has just lost his job and who has about to lose his home, his wife and his entire Argentinian-bourgeois world and China Zorrilla as his octogenarian mother. The film was nominated for three awards and won two awards with actress China Zorrilla winning at the 26th Moscow International Film Festival and nominated for a Silver Condor Best Actress Award at the Argentine Film Critics Association Awards in 2005. The film premiered on 15 April 2004 in Argentina and appeared in over ten countries worldwide. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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