Rodrigo Sorogoyen's new film will almost certainly keep the viewer uncomfortable throughout screen time, but it's a film that will definitely stay in your memory for a while. The director of “Kingdom” and “Forgive Us, Lord” gives the cinema another experience in which he demonstrates new creative achievements, whether it is emotional control or the most complex construction of the character of the main character.
A phone call takes a mother by surprise when her six-year-old son says his father has left him on the beach and hasn't returned for a long time. This ten-minute introductory scene is like a loop thrown around the neck of the viewer, but it is only a prologue to what the director leads to. Sorogoyen makes it clear that he does not plan to communicate in an accessible language and pushes the viewer to endless guesses about what will happen in the next scene throughout his film.
A grief-stricken mother travels to France, where her son is believed to have disappeared, and takes a job in a bar. The first misconception that can catch the viewer is that there will be a nominal history of the search for this missing child ten years ago, but unfortunately or fortunately, the further main message of the story will be the loss of the mother herself. The director perfectly conveys the inner world of the main character, the isolation and consequences of such a tragedy, and this is supported by the virtuoso acting of Martha Nieto.
The film “Mother” is definitely not a film for a general audience, but for fans of independent and quality films, I would say this tape is literally a must-see. From the artistic side in this work, a whole dozen creative techniques are new images of characters, plot construction or the work of the operator. There are many scenes that cause slight discomfort, but this is not because the director wants to attack the institution of morals of the moviegoer, but only because this is the only way to show all the drama and trauma of the main character of the story. Despite everything, the film “Mother” will leave its mark in the cinema, and the director has to wish for new successful works.
8 out of 10