Our Mothers

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Our Mothers
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Spanish Nuestras Madres
Directed by César Díaz
Written byCesar Diaz
Produced byDelphine Schmit
Géraldine Sprimont
StarringArmando Espitia
Emma Dib
Aurelia Caal
Julio Serrano Echeverría
CinematographyVirginie Surdej
Edited byDamien Maestraggi
Music byRémi Boubal
Production
companies
Need Productions
Perspective Films
Cine Concepcion
Proximus
Distributed byPyramide
Release date
  • 21 May 2019 (2019-05-21)(Cannes)
Running time
78 minutes
CountriesBelgium
France
Guatemala
LanguageSpanish

Our Mothers (Spanish : Nuestras madres) is a 2019 drama film written and directed by César Díaz. The film was an international co-production between companies in Belgium, France and Guatemala. [1]

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It follows a forensic anthropologist in Guatemala investigating the disappearance of his father, a guerrilla fighter who went missing in the 1980s. It was screened at the Critics Week section of the 2019 Cannes Film Festival where Díaz won the Caméra d'Or. [2]

Cast

Release

Our Mothers was selected as the Belgian entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 92nd Academy Awards, but it was not nominated. [3] It received six nominations at the 10th Magritte Awards, including Best Film and Best Director for Díaz, winning Best First Feature Film. [4]

Accolades

Award / Film FestivalCategoryRecipients and nomineesResult
Belgian Film Critics Association [5] Best Film Won
Cannes Film Festival [2] Caméra d'Or Won
Grand Prize – Critics' WeekNominated
SACD AwardWon
Magritte Award [4] Best Film Nominated
Best Director César DíazNominated
Best Screenplay César DíazNominated
Best First Feature Film Won
Best Cinematography Virginie SurdejNominated
Best Sound Emmanuel de Boissieu, Vincent NouailleNominated

See also

References

  1. ↑ Pablos, Emiliano De (23 September 2019). "Outsider Pictures Nabs U.S. Rights to 'Our Mothers,' Belgium's Oscar Submission (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety . Retrieved 13 September 2024.
  2. 1 2 "Bong Joon-ho's 'Parasite' Wins the Palme d'Or at Cannes". Variety. 25 May 2019. Retrieved 23 August 2019.
  3. ↑ Keslassy, Elsa (23 August 2019). "Oscars: Belgium Sends Cannes Prizewinner 'Our Mothers' to International Feature Film Race". Variety. Retrieved 23 August 2019.
  4. 1 2 Dricot, Lucy (1 February 2020). "Découvrez le palmarès complet de la 10e cérémonie des Magritte du cinéma" (in French). RTBF. Archived from the original on 8 November 2020. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
  5. ↑ "Grand Prix UCC 2020: les cinq finalistes connus, le Cavens dévoilé". 6néma (in French). 18 December 2019. Retrieved 13 January 2020.
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