Don't Call Me Son (2016)
- Original title
- Mãe Só Há Uma
- Directed by
- Anna Muylaert
- Genre
- drama film, LGBTQ-related film
- Country
- Brazil
- Runtime
- 1h 22m
- Rated
- NR
- Rating
- 6.3 of 10 from 75 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A teenager discovers that the woman he thought was his mother actually kidnapped him as a baby. He is then forced to navigate a new identity and family while grappling with the fallout.
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What happens
Don't Call Me Son (Portuguese: Mãe só há uma) is a 2016 Brazilian drama film directed by Anna Muylaert. It was shown in the Panorama section at the 66th Berlin International Film Festival. where it won a Jury Prize at the Teddy Awards for LGBT-related films at the festival. It was also thrice nominated for the 2017 Grande Prêmio do Cinema Brasileiro. The film stars Naomi Nero as Felipe/Pierre, a teenager whose life and sense of self is turned upside down when he learns that the woman who raised him is not his real mother, having instead stolen him from a hospital shortly after he was born. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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