Our Mothers | |
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Spanish | Nuestras Madres |
Directed by | César Díaz |
Written by | Cesar Diaz |
Produced by | Delphine Schmit Géraldine Sprimont |
Starring | Armando Espitia Emma Dib Aurelia Caal Julio Serrano Echeverría |
Cinematography | Virginie Surdej |
Edited by | Damien Maestraggi |
Music by | Rémi Boubal |
Production companies | Need Productions Perspective Films Proximus |
Distributed by | Pyramide |
Release date |
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Running time | 78 minutes |
Countries | Belgium Guatemala |
Language | Spanish |
Our Mothers ( Spanish: Nuestras madres) is a 2019 internationally co-produced drama film written and directed by César Díaz.
It follows a forensic anthropologist in Guatemala investigating the disappearance of his father, a guerrilla fighter who went missing in the 1980s. It was screened at the Critics Week section of the 2019 Cannes Film Festival where Díaz won the Caméra d'Or. [1]
Our Mothers was selected as the Belgian entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 92nd Academy Awards, but it was not nominated. [2] It received six nominations at the 10th Magritte Awards, including Best Film and Best Director for Díaz, winning Best First Feature Film. [3]
Award / Film Festival | Category | Recipients and nominees | Result |
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Belgian Film Critics Association [4] | Best Film | Won | |
Cannes Film Festival [1] | Caméra d'Or | Won | |
Grand Prize – Critics' Week | Nominated | ||
SACD Award | Won | ||
Magritte Award [3] | Best Film | Nominated | |
Best Director | César Díaz | Nominated | |
Best Screenplay | César Díaz | Nominated | |
Best First Feature Film | Won | ||
Best Cinematography | Virginie Surdej | Nominated | |
Best Sound | Emmanuel de Boissieu, Vincent Nouaille | Nominated |