Our mothers
synopsis
Guatemala, 2018. The whole country is immersed in the trial of the soldiers who sparked the civil war. Victim statements come one after another. Ernesto is a young anthropologist working for the Forensic Foundation; his job is to identify the missing. One day, while hearing the account of an old woman, he thinks he has found a lead that might guide him to his father, a guerrillero who went missing during the war. Against his mother’s wishes, he flings himself body and soul into the case, looking for truth and resilience.
casting
Armando Espitia
Aurelia Caal
Emma Dib
staff
Written and directed by: César Diaz
Image: Virginie Surdej
Sound: Vincent Nouaille
Sets: Pilar Peredo
Costumes: Sofia Lantan
Editing: Damien Maestraggi
Mix: Emmanuel De Boissieu
Sound editing: Gilles Benardeau
Orginal music: Rémi Boubal
Produced by: Delphine Schmit, Géraldine Sprimont
duration
Production: Perspective Films, Need Productions, Cineconception.
France Distribution and Sales: Pyramide
FESTIVALS
GOLDEN CAMERA and SACD Award at Cannes Film Festival – Critic's week, 2019
SPANISH COOPERATION AWARD at San Sebastian Film Festival, 2019
Melbourne Film Festival, 2019
Jerusalem Film Festival, 2019
Cinéma Metropolis de Beyrouth - Reprise Semaine de la Critique, 2019
Lima Film Festival, 2019
SANFIC Santiago, 2019
Reykjavík International Film Festival, 2019
Hamburg Film Fest, 2019
CRITICS' PRIZE at Namur International Film Festival, 2019
BEST FILM - PEOPLE'S CHOICE / CROUCHING TIGER AWARD at Pingyao International Film Festival, 2019
Warsaw Film Festival, 2019
Oulan Bator Film Festival, 2019
SILVER HUGO at Chicago International Film Festival Competition, 2019
Morelia International Film Festival, 2019
Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival, 2019
Les films de Cannes, Bucarest, 2019
Busan International Film Festival, 2019
BEST FILM AWARD at Festival Internacional de Cine de Santander (FICS), 2019
BEST PHOTOGRAPHY AWARD at Ostend Film Festival – FFO, 2019