Underplayed Gems

My Mother is Pink (2017)

My Mother is Pink poster
Original title
Min mor er pink
Directed by
Cecilie Debell, Mariella Harpelunde Jensen
Genre
documentary film
Country
Denmark
Runtime
1h 15m
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A performance artist takes his mother on a road trip to places from her past. They meet old friends and strangers, hoping to understand their family history.

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What happens

Min mor er pink er en dansk dokumentarfilm fra 2017 instrueret af Cecilie Debell. Hvordan finder man sig selv, når hele ens barndom har været præget af kaos, usagtheder og et kludetæppe af mærkværdige historier? Performancekunsteren Michael Richardt og hans mor Malou har stærke bånd til hinanden. Men store ubesvarede spørgsmål lurer under overfladen, og bag Michaels ekspressive og flamboyante ydre gemmer der sig en hård familiehistorie om social arv. I jagten på at forstå sit ophav inviterer Michael derfor sin mor med ud på en roadtrip til nogle af fortidens nøglesteder. Forude venter et dokumentarisk eventyr fuld af overraskelser og tilfældige, men sært meningsfulde møder med gamle venner og forstående fremmede, der alle giver mor og søn noget, de savnede. Cecilie Debell har skabt en rørende, morsom og nærmest overrumplende livlig familiehistorie, hvor fantasien får det første og sidste ord. Og et filmisk brev om tolerance i en tid, der har hårdt brug det. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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