The Mother
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26mins
Directed by
João César Monteiro,
Starring
Hermínio Rebelo,
Fernando Lavrador,
Deolinda Gonçalves,
Teresa Café
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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.
