OUR MOTHERS
by César Díaz
synopsis
Guatemala, 2013. The country is riveted on the trial of the military officers who started the civil war. The victims’ testimonials keep pouring in. Ernesto, a young anthropologist at the Forensic Foundation, identifies people who have gone missing. One day, through an old lady’s story, Ernesto thinks he has found a lead that will allow him to find his father, a guerillero who disappeared during the war.
international title: | Our Mothers |
original title: | Nuestras madres |
country: | Belgium, France, Guatemala |
sales agent: | Pyramide International |
year: | 2019 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | César Díaz |
film run: | 78' |
screenplay: | César Díaz |
cast: | Armando Espitia, Emma Dib, Aurelia Caal, Julio Serrano Echeverría, Victor Moreira |
cinematography by: | Virginie Surdej |
film editing: | Damien Maestraggi |
art director: | Pilar Peredo |
music: | Rémi Boubal |
producer: | Géraldine Sprimont, Delphine Schmit |
co-producer: | Joaquin Ruano, Pamela Guinea |
associate producer: | Anne-Laure Guégan |
production: | Need Productions, Perspective Films, Cine Concepcion (GT) |
backing: | Centre du Cinéma et de l’Audiovisuel de la Fédération Wallonie Bruxelles (BE), Proximus (BE), Aide aux Cinémas du Monde du Centre National du Cinéma et de l’Image Animée et de l’Institut Français (FR), Inver Tax Shelter (BE), Tax Shelter du Gouvernement Fédéral Belge (BE), SACEM (FR), Eurimages |
distributor: | Pyramide Distribution, Peccadillo Pictures |