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The Mother

Original title: La mère
Year: 2007
Running time: 80 min.
Country: Switzerland
Director: Antoine Cattin, Pavel Kostomarov
Screenwriter: Antoine Cattin, Pavel Kostomarov
Cast: Documentary
Music: Alexander J.S. Cracker, Thierry Van Osselt
Cinematography: Antoine Cattin, Pavel Kostomarov
Producer: Co-production Switzerland-France-Russia;
Les Films Hors-Champ, Les Films d'Ici, Parallax Pictures, Télévision Suisse-Romande (TSR)
Genre: Documentary
Synopsis: Liouba escaped from her violent husband with all her 9 children. She raises them along with her daughter Alesia on a farm in Russia where they both work. They devote all their overwhelming love to their maternal instincts. They take in a hungry little boy, three-year old Sacha, the son of another girl working on the farm. Liouba and Alesia belong to those people who sacrifice themselves in the name of their love. Liouba and especially Alesia are still hoping to find a good husband. So the search for a husband ends up in a struggle to kick out a parasite…

Awards: 2008: European Film Awards: Nominated for Best Documentary

2007: Swiss Film Awards: Nominated for Best Documentary

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The Mother

2007

Antoine Cattin, Pavel Kostomarov