When Mother Comes Home For Christmas
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Nilita Vachani
Ross Daly
Vangelis Kalambakas
Vangelis Kalambakas
K Nandha Kumar
Costas Poulantzas
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Told with the narrative texture and emotional involvement of a dramatic feature, a documentation of everyday hardship and sacrifice of an unsung hero: In a suburb of Athens, Josephine, a migrant worker, gives maternal care to two-year-old Isidora while the child's real mother is in Paris. Josephine's good salary--which goes a long way in Sri Lanka--enables her to provide for the children and family she has left behind. After eight years, Josephine can finally visit her own family. Laden with presents, she must now confront her three grown-up children who know nothing of their mother apart from bank drafts, letters and gifts.
Director
Nilita Vachani
Film Details
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Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Shown at 19th Asian American International Film Festival July 19-21 & 25-28, 1996.
Shown at New Directors/New Films in New York City March 22 - April 7, 1996.
Shown at Rotterdam International Film Festival (out of competition) January 24 - February 4, 1996.
Shown at Toronto International Film Festival September 5-14, 1996.
16mm
color
dialogue Sri Lankan and English
