Mateo's Mother (2019)
Genre : Drama
Runtime : 14M
Director : Aitor Arregi, Jose Mari Goenaga
Writer : Aitor Arregi, Jose Mari Goenaga
Synopsis
After a period of time without seeing his mother, Anjel Mari decides to bite the bullet and go and visit her at the nursing home to which she has been admitted. He doesn’t like seeing how his mother has disappeared under the skin of a senile old woman who does not recognise her own children.
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