Movie
Dear Mama
55 min
A quiet, heavy documentary that sits with young people recovering from abuse, asking patience and offering sober, unsentimental empathy.
- Directed by
- Alice Tomassini
- Genres
- Documentary
- Overview
- Cristina, Dorina and Fabio are 3 of the more than 15 thousand adolescents who escape abandonment, sexual and mental abuse every year in Italy, and enter reception facilities in the hope of a better future. The documentary tells the story of the adoption system, but from the inside thanks to the point of view of those who have lived it or live it.
- How it feels
- Melancholic, earnest, dark and warm. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
- About
- Trauma, healing, family, isolation
- Content
- Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.
- Note
- Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown
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- Directed by
- Alice Tomassini
- Genres
- Documentary