A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Release Date:
September 5, 2023
Original Title:
Mamá
Genres:
Documentary
Production Companies:
ECAMC
Estímulo Gabriel García Márquez
Fomento al Cine Mexicano (FOCINE)
Terra Nostra Films
UNAM
Production Countries:
Mexico
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 80
In this deeply moving dialogue between mother and son, Mexican Tzotzil director Xun Sero confronts his past with honesty, understanding and forgiveness. Growing up without a father, he blamed his mother for the paternal absence in his life; this, for him, became his first act of violence against the feminine and his own mother. Societal pressure and shame prevented his mother from speaking about the realities of violence in her childhood and within her partnership with the director's father. Guided by the desire to understand who his mother is, Sero has created an extraordinarily sensitive first film where both mother and son open a dialogue in an attempt at self-discovery. Bravely, together, they open the door to a room of darkness and unknowns and begin to walk down a path of healing.
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Accountant:
Luz Angélica Gordillo
Additional Photography:
Ángel Paul López
Pía Quintana
Carlo Magno Morales
Cinematography:
Xun Sero
José Alfredo Jiménez Pérez
Color Timer:
Pedro de la Garza
Colorist:
Néstor Abel Jiménez Díaz
Development Producer:
Daniela Contreras
Director:
Xun Sero
Editor:
Nicolas Défossé
Editorial Consultant:
Jean de Certeau
Executive Producer:
Daniela Contreras
Executive Producer's Assistant:
Claudia Susana Córdova Méndez
Jenifer López Miles
Carlo Magno Morales
Foley Artist:
Arantxa Oliver
Foley Editor:
Sofía Hernández
Foley Recordist:
Maria Alejandra Rojas
Legal Services:
María Gil
Line Producer:
Pía Quintana
Post Producer:
Nicolas Défossé
Producer:
Daniela Contreras
Nicolas Défossé
Production Consultant:
María Inés Roqué
Production Office Assistant:
Madely Trujillo Ballinas
Screenplay:
Xun Sero
Sound Assistant:
Ruari Coghlan
Sound Designer:
Martin de Torcy
Sound Editor:
Martin de Torcy
Sound Engineer:
Jaime Álvarez
Sound Mix Technician:
Miguel Ángel Molina
Sound Mixer:
Pablo Fernández Murguía
Sound Recordist:
Adriana Rodríguez
Xun Sero
Néstor Abel Jiménez Díaz
José Luis Mijangos
Thanks:
Carolina Coppel
Ernesto Pardo
Nicolás Echevarría
Dinazar Urbina Mata
Elke Franke
Title Designer:
Adolfo López Magaña
Translator:
Xun Sero
Susannah Ray Daniels
Nicolas Défossé
Arandza Matus Arrambide Ramírez
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