Résumé

Dans un petit village de Thaïlande, Pomm s’occupe d’Européens souffrant de la maladie d’Alzheimer. Séparée de ses enfants, elle aide Elisabeth dans les dernières étapes de sa vie, tandis qu’une nouvelle patiente arrive de Suisse. Le film Mother explore le rôle compliqué d’une mère et les frustrations pouvant découler de notre incapacité à prendre soin de nos proches. C’est le lien puissant unissant patients et soignants qui remettra en question nos idées préconçues. Pomm et ses patientes tentent de récupérer les morceaux manquants de leur vie. À force d’amour de gentillesse, elles apprendront à prendre soin les unes des autres.

In a small village in Thailand, Pomm takes care of Europeans with Alzheimer’s. Separated from her children, she helps Elisabeth during the final stages of her life, as a new patient arrives from Switzerland. Pomm has sacrificed being close to her children in order to earn a better living, meanwhile in Switzerland a family prepares to say goodbye to their mother; a woman who has developed Alzheimer’s in her 50s. Mother is an intimate and moving observation, that allows to explore the struggles and expectations of motherhood and the frustrations of being unable to care for our loved ones. As two narratives collide in this extraordinary coincidence, the powerful connection between patients and caregivers challenge our preconceptions. Both Pomm and her patients try to recover the pieces of their lives that are gone but through love and kindness they will learn to care for each other.

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