MAE (MOTHER)

World Premiere!

15 min. - Brazil

Director: Luis Pereira    Writer: Louis Pereira

“Mother” is a dark humor comedy by Luis Antonio Pereira. Mother is a boss of the organized crime in Rio de Janeiro. She commands her actions from inside her fancy restaurant. The story starts, when her sister Silvia appears showing marks of violence in her face, done by her cop husband. They decide to take vengeance against him. Silvia goes with the Mother’s two bodyguards to the apartment of her husband’s lover. Besides the plot, the film has no violent scenes, and the methods applied by the bodyguards are curious and funny.

This was an enjoyable short film.  At times it felt like I was watching a tele-novella from South America.  It was extremely soap opera-ish and that is its strength and its weakness.  The film was very quirky and fun.  The acting was a little stiff but that is the style of a lot of the soap operas from South America.  I enjoyed the Dynasty-likeness of the strong female characters.  It was fun.  If you like soap style entertainment you will truly enjoy this film.

Shane Morton