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Mother Tongue
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Mother Tongue

2010-10-21 · 78 min · ★ 1.9

Drama

Ruth has been with Nora for fourteen years. Everybody knows about their relationship except for her mother Estela, who has never suspected it. Ruth, who is almost forty, feels the need to confess her homosexuality to her mother, who at first is shocked and collapses on the floor. She then feels the desire to understand her daughter, who has hidden an important part of her life from her for many years. So elderly Estela begins to discover the L-World: she reads books and magazines, she tries to meet her daughter's ex girlfriends and she goes to lesbian nightclubs and meeting-places, creating misunderstandings and comic situations. What does Ruth think about this? At first, she is annoyed by her mother's intrusion into her life, but she will soon understand Estela's reasons and she will rely on her to get over her crisis with Nora. This sharp, amusing comedy deals with the difficult parent-child relationship, which is portrayed through irony and without hypocrisy.

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Directors
Liliana Paolinelli
Production companies
Mandrágora Producciones, Magnética SRL (AR)
Countries
Argentina
Status
Released

Top Cast

Claudia LapacóEstela
Virginia InnocentiRuth
Claudia CanteroClaudia CanteroNora
Mara SantuchoMara SantuchoMartina
Ana KatzAna KatzCarlota
María SimoneHilda
Nancy AnkaNancy AnkaPresentadora

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