
Mum's Idea
2010-10-20 · 80 min · Not rated
Three elders return to their homeland seventy years after being forced to leave it because of the Spanish Civil War.
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- Directors
- Maider Oleaga
- Production companies
- Moztu Filmak, EiTB, La Maroma
- Countries
- Mexico, Spain
- Status
- Released
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