Mama dan so que sorriso

  • 18'
  • Portugal
  • 2023
The elderly Isabel Cardoso works in the kitchen of a nursery school. Her hands are worn, her memory sharp and heavy with grief. In moments of stillness she reaches across the divide, communicating with her deceased mother through the stirring winds, the rippling surface of water, the cracked earth. A richly intimate documentary mosaic of the strength, struggle and transcendence of black womanhood.

 

Fiona Armour

  • 18'
  • Portugal
  • 2023
Director
Cyrielle Raingou
Premiere
World premiere
Countries of production
Portugal, Belgium, Hungary, Cameroon
Year
2023
Festival Edition
IFFR 2023
Length
18'
Medium
DCP
International title
Mother Just a Smile
Languages
Portuguese, Creole
Producers
DocNomad Joint Master, Alice Abah
Production Companies
Docnomad Joint Master, JCMR
Sales
Docnomad Joint Master
Screenplay
Cyrielle Raingou
Cinematography
Cyrielle Raingou
Editor
Cyrielle Raingou
Production Design
Victor Candeias
Sound Design
Tiago Matos
Cast
Isabel Cardoso
Director
Cyrielle Raingou
Premiere
World premiere
Countries of production
Portugal, Belgium, Hungary, Cameroon
Year
2023
Festival Edition
IFFR 2023
Length
18'
Medium
DCP
International title
Mother Just a Smile
Languages
Portuguese, Creole
Producers
DocNomad Joint Master, Alice Abah
Production Companies
Docnomad Joint Master, JCMR
Sales
Docnomad Joint Master
Screenplay
Cyrielle Raingou
Cinematography
Cyrielle Raingou
Editor
Cyrielle Raingou
Production Design
Victor Candeias
Sound Design
Tiago Matos
Cast
Isabel Cardoso