LA MÈRE
by Antoine Cattin, Pavel Kostomarov
synopsis
Liouba escaped from her violent husband with all her 9 children. She raises them along with her daughter Alesia on a farm in Russia where they both work. They devote all their overwhelming love to their maternal instincts. They take in a hungry little boy, three-year old Sacha, the son of another girl working on the farm. Liouba and Alesia belong to those people who sacrifice themselves in the name of their love. Liouba and especially Alesia are still hoping to find a good husband. So the search for a husband ends up in a struggle to kick out a parasite…
original title: | La mère |
country: | Switzerland, France, Russia, Finland |
year: | 2007 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Antoine Cattin, Pavel Kostomarov |
screenplay: | Antoine Cattin, Pavel Kostomarov |
cinematography by: | Antoine Cattin, Pavel Kostomarov |
film editing: | Antoine Cattin, Pavel Kostomarov |
music: | Thierry van Osselt, Alexander J.S. Cracker |
producer: | Elena Hill |
production: | Les Films Hors-Champ, Les Films d'Ici, RTS - Radio Télévision Suisse, Parallax Pictures (RU), Arte, YLE TV2, TV Ontario |