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Don't Call Me Son

Mãe só há uma

2016

Anna Muylaert

Naomi Nero, Daniel Botelho, Daniela Nefussi, Matheus Nachtergaele ...

5.7

304

Drama Pierre is seventeen and in the middle of puberty. He plays in a band, has sex at parties and secretly tries on women’s clothing and lipstick in front of a mirror. Ever since his father’s death, his mother Aracy has looked after him and his younger sister Jacqueline, spoiling them both. But when he discovers that she stole him from a hospital when he was a new born baby, Pierre’s life changes dramatically. Overnight, his world falls ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Jordan Mintzer The Hollywood Reporter	"A poignant and energetic Brazilian drama that turns a potentially bleak subject into a warmhearted study of genetics, gender and the true meaning of home."	POS
United States	Stephen Holden The New York Times	"The narrowness of its perspective and its relatively brief 82-minute length disappoint. Yet 'Don't Call Me Son' still manages to be a fascinating, sympathetic portrait of a lost boy abruptly thrown to the wolves."	POS
United Kingdom	Wendy Ide Screendaily	"Muylaert handles an atmosphere charged with intensely conflicting expectations with a light touch, and sparks of humour."	POS
United States	Robert Abele LA Weekly	"Thankfully never veers into melodram (...) It revs up, makes its spirited mess of issues, maintains its complicated humanity, then ends. That may not make it everybody's cup of tea, but hey, Muylaert seems to be saying, what movie or person is?"	POS
United States	Tom Long Detroit News	"Imagine the shock, imagine the adjustment, imagine not wanting to adjust. 'Don't Call Me Son' imagines all that and more while calling into question the nature of bonding, blood and close ties."	POS

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