The Mother

(1979)

★ 6.8 IMDb · 5 votes

Genres: Drama

Year: 1979

Runtime: 26 мин

Country: Portugal

Director: João César Monteiro

Cast: Hermínio Rebelo, Fernando Lavrador, Deolinda Gonçalves, Teresa Café

Plot

The Mother is one of Monteiro’s first essays on the universe of Portuguese oral culture, folktales and obscure colloquialisms. The plot revolves around a traditional tale about theft, greed, an ubiquitous mother, and the links between the worlds of the living and the dead.