2016 · comedy · music
The Night My Mother Killed My Father
Directed by Inés París1h 34m2016
Isabel is torn between the need to feel valued as an actress and her insecurities and contradictions. One night, she hosts a very special dinner: her husband Ángel, who is a scriptwriter, and Susana, Ángel's ex-wife and film director, want to convince Argentinian actor Diego Peretti to star in a movie. But at some point something unexpected happens that surprises everyone and disturbs the evening.
Our read: The Night My Mother Killed My Father (2016) reads as a warm, kinetic, grounded comedy · music entry — gentle in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Warm, kinetic, gentle comedy / music, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, measured.
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