THE FLOWERS OF MY FAMILY

LAS FLORES DE MI FAMILIA

By Juan Ignacio FERNÁNDEZ HOPPE

AUSTRAL FILMS - as SALES All rights, World

Documentary - Completed 2012

90-year-old Nivia faces an unexpected change. Her daughter Alicia, whom Nivia has lived with for ages, has found a new husband after years of widowhood and understandably wants to move in with him. Nivia disapprove of the relationship and accuses her daughter of abandoning her.

    • Year of production
    • 2012
    • Genres
    • Documentary
    • Countries
    • URUGUAY
    • Languages
    • SPANISH
    • Duration
    • 75 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Juan Ignacio FERNÁNDEZ HOPPE
    • Writer(s)
    • Juan Ignacio FERNÁNDEZ HOPPE
    • Producer(s)
    • Carolina CAMPO LUPO, Juan Ignacio FERNÁNDEZ HOPPE
    • Synopsis
    • 90-year-old Nivia faces an unexpected change. Her daughter Alicia, whom Nivia has lived with for ages, has found a new husband after years of widowhood and understandably wants to move in with him. Nivia disapprove of the relationship and accuses her daughter of abandoning her.
      Both women embark on a profound and revealing journey where the longing for a new love and the fear of growing old alone inevitably lead to a clash between mother and daughter. The director, Nivia’s grandson and Alicia’s son, managed to capture in an almost invisible way – as if in a work of fiction – the inevitable sorrow caused by a separation which, nevertheless, took place in a garden where flowers never wither, a dog turns out to be the best psychologist and an annoying pigeon seems to be announcing a miracle.