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PORTRAITS OF MY MOTHER

RETRATOS DE MI MADRE (2019, dir. Tavo Ruíz) 2019 | Alemania, Estados Unidos, México | DCP | Blanco y Negro | 11 min.

Direction: Tavo Ruiz

Script: Tavo Ruiz

Production: Andrés Borja | Gabriela González | Tavo Ruiz | Manuel Zurloh

Production Company: Light's On Producciones | Por Una Mirada Producciones

Photography: Sergio Mariscal

Edition: Tavo Ruiz

Sound: Maxime Bedot | Ivette Gutiérrez

Music: Alberto Palomo

Cast: María del Rosario Luna | Iván Reyes Mundo | Gabriela Ruiz

Year of Participation at FICM: 2019

SYNOPSIS: My mother confesses to me what she remembers about the experience of being raped as a child. By painfully recalling this traumatic event, she reflects on the sexual abuse of children and the scars it leaves on a person’s life.