Mum Mum Mum
Mamá, Mamá, Mamá
Director: Sol Berruezo Pichon-Rivière
Country: Argentina
2020 | 65 min. | Spanish
Subtitles: German
FSK 12
Age recommendation: Ages 11+
Rights_ Compañía de Cine
It's summer, but nobody uses the pool. Cleo mourns her sister while, in parallel, experiencing puberty’s effects on her body. A community of women offers her comfort and strength.
It starts with the suggestion of a tragic accident. As her mother then seeks solitude, 12-year-old Cleo is left on her own. Through her aunt and cousins, a new normality seems to slowly enter Cleo's life. Gentle is the murmur of the surrounding nature, warm are the colours.
The impressive debut of Argentinean director Sol Berruezo Pichon-Rivière paints a delicate picture of womanhood at different stages of life. Even behind the camera, only women worked on the film. The dreamy, elegiac atmosphere recalls Sofia Coppola's The Virgin Suicides. A film charged with magical energy about the grief and initiation of a teenage girl.