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Mommy (2013)

Mommy poster
Directed by
Frelle Petersen
Country
Denmark
Runtime
12 min
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A 16 year old girl wants to spend time with her friends but she has to constantly take care of her seriously ill brother. The film shows the tension between her normal teenage desires and her family duty.

intimatemelancholiceverydayquietemotionally heavygroundedfrustratingcompassionate

What happens

Mommy er en dansk kortfilm fra 2013 instrueret af René Frelle Petersen. Emma er 16 år gammel og har mest af alt lyst til at hænge ud med vennerne. Men hendes bror har en alvorlig sygdom, og åbenbart er det Emma, der skal tage sig af ham hele tiden. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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