Movie: Looking Like My Mother

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Heidi Diggelmann
Heidi Diggelmann

Old Mother

Ilaria Flego
Ilaria Flego

Child

Miro Svercel
Miro Svercel

Father

Yvonne Vonlanthen
Yvonne Vonlanthen

Young Mother

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    LOOKING LIKE MY MOTHER is a film about family relationships and personal destiny, about realizing one's own potential and one's limitations. It traces the individual experience, showing the emptiness one can feel as well as the discovery of a sense of meaning in life. It is a very personal and courageous film that doesn’t search for scientific explanations but instead uses documentary and fictional material to weave an intimate biography. This combination of perception and memory suggests a deep reconciliation and allows tender feelings of a mother’s love to emerge.

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    2016-04-16

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