Movie

Our Mothers

2019 · 78 min

A quiet, sorrowful excavation of buried history, watching a man sift through the past with patience and mounting dread.

Overview: Guatemala, 2018. The country is riveted on the trial of the military officers who started the civil war. The victims’ testimonials keep pouring in. Ernesto, a young anthropologist at the Forensic Foundation, identifies people who have gone missing. One day, through an old lady’s story, Ernesto thinks he has found a lead that will allow him to find his father, a guerillero who disappeared during the war.
How it feels: Melancholic, tense, earnest and dark. Slow-burning and demanding.
About: Grief, memory, family, justice
Content: Mild violence and language. No gore or sexual content.
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Tone: melancholicstrength 3 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: grief
memory
family
justice
war
Places: big city
countryside
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex none