Mateo's Mother

Nov 8, 2019

0h 14m

★ 8.0

Overview

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.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Moriarti Produkzioak

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Cast

Anjel Mari

Iñigo Aranburu

Mari Tere Arozena

Itziar Aizpuru

Mari Tere de Jorge

Mariasun Pagoaga

Nurse

Aitziber Garmendia

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