2006 · andes · ritual · drama
Our Mother
Directed by Mark O'Brien1h 33m2006
When a family matriarch falls seriously ill, relatives gather and discover their shared ancestral ties bind them in unexpected ways.
Our read: Our Mother (2006) reads as a sombre, measured, inventive andes · ritual · drama entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, nihilistic in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Sombre, measured, measured andes / ritual, inventive in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, measured.
- sombre
- measured
- intense
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