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MOTHER

By Kristof BILSEN

Documentary - Completed 2019

In a small village in Thailand, Pomm takes care of Europeans with Alzheimer’s.
Separated from her children, she helps Elisabeth during the final stages of her life, as a new patient arrives from Switzerland.

Festivals
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Sheffield Doc/Fest 2019

Love

Sheffield Doc/Fest 2019

International Award Nominee

Chicago IFF 2019

International

DokuFest Prizren 2019

Hot Springs International Doc Film Fest 2019

Athens International Film Festival 2019

Film Fest Gent 2019

DOC NYC 2019

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- Year of production
- 2019
- Genres
- Documentary, Social issues, Second film
- Countries
- BELGIUM, NETHERLANDS
- Languages
- THAI, SWISS-GERMAN, ENGLISH
- Budget
- 0.3 - 0.6 M$
- Duration
- 82 mn
- Director(s)
- Kristof BILSEN
- Writer(s)
- Kristof BILSEN, Xan MÀRQUEZ CANEDA
- ISAN
- 0000-0004-8D36-0000-7-0000-0000-G
- Producer(s)
- Kristof BILSEN (LIMERICK FILMS)
- Synopsis
- In a small village in Thailand, Pomm takes care of Europeans with Alzheimer’s.
  Separated from her children, she helps Elisabeth during the final stages of her life, as a new patient arrives from Switzerland.
  
  Pomm has sacrificed being close to her children in order to earn a better living, meanwhile in Switzerland a family prepares to say goodbye to their mother; a woman who has developed Alzheimer’s in her 50s.
  
  Mother is an intimate and moving observation, that allows us to explore the struggles and expectations of motherhood and the frustrations of being unable to care for our loved ones.
  
  As two narratives collide in this extraordinary coincidence, the powerful connection between patients and caregivers challenge our preconceptions.
  Both Pomm and her patients are trying to recover the pieces of their lives that are gone, but through love and kindness they will learn to care for each other.

MOTHER

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