The Mother
Local title
Ema
Title in Russian
Ema
Director
Antoine Cattin, Pavel Kostomarov
Country
Switzerland
Year
2007
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….
A film about strong women with all their hopes, fragile children with all their innocence, weak men with all their flaws.
Director
Antoine Cattin, Pavel Kostomarov
Runtime