Mother's Child (2024)

Directed by

Naomi Noir

Genre

animation

Country

Netherlands

Runtime

9 min

Rating

4.0 of 10 from 2 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A mother struggles to care for her non-verbal disabled son. The film shows her daily challenges and her efforts to understand his needs.

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What happens

Mother's Child is a 2024 Dutch short animated film co-written and directed by Naomi Noir. The film follows a loving mother and full-time carer Mary, for whom every day is a battle as the caregiver and simultaneously to understand her disabled, non-verbal son Murphy’s needs. The film had its world premiere at the Netherlands Film Festival on September 21, 2024. It was also selected in the Berlinale Shorts section at the 75th Berlin International Film Festival, where it had its International premiere on 15 February and compete for Golden Bear for Best Short Film. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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