A Woman, My Mother

A Woman, My Mother

75 mins | Drama, Documentary | Nov. 21, 2019

Filmmaker Claude Demers tells the story of his search for his biological mother and their eventual meeting. He does this in voice-over, accompanied by images from Canada's national archives. The painstakingly selected and fluidly edited black-and-white clips build up, like the perfectly fitting pieces of a puzzle; an impression of his mother as he had imagined her. How she grew up, worked, loved and left him.

A Woman, My Mother

75 mins | Drama, Documentary | Nov. 21, 2019

A Woman, My Mother
Filmmaker Claude Demers tells the story of his search for his biological mother and their eventual meeting. He does this in voice-over, accompanied by images from Canada's national archives. The painstakingly selected and fluidly edited black-and-white clips build up, like the perfectly fitting pieces of a puzzle; an impression of his mother as he had imagined her. How she grew up, worked, loved and left him.
Producers Les Films de L'Autre
Original title Une femme, ma mère
Directors Claude Demers
Writers Claude Demers

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