LOOKING LIKE MY MOTHER is a film about family relationships and personal destiny, about realizing one's own potential and one's limitations. It traces the individual experience, showing the emptiness one can feel as well as the discovery of a sense of meaning in life. It is a very personal and courageous film that doesn’t search for scientific explanations but instead uses documentary and fictional material to weave an intimate biography. This combination of perception and memory suggests a deep reconciliation and allows tender feelings of a mother’s love to emerge.
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LOOKING LIKE MY MOTHER (ein Film von Dominique Margot) | im kult.kino Basel
Die Filmemacherin schaut zurück in die eigene Biographie als Tochter einer depressiven Mutter und stellt sich ihrer Angst krank zu werden wie sie. Sie erzählt ...
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