Directed by Anna Muylaert
Brazil | 2016 | 82 min. | Portuguese with English subtitles | New England premiere
Muylaert follows up The Second Mother with this film about motherhood with a twist: after
discovering the truth about being stolen by the woman he thought was his mother, a teenage boy
is forced deal with the consequences of her actions while trying to cope with becoming a part of
his biological family. Presented in part by the Consulate General of Brazil in Boston.
Speaker: Francie Mandel, LICSW, Director of Mental Health Services at the GeMS program at
Children’s Hospital Boston.
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