Swiss Premiere
La Mère de tous les mensonges
Asmae El Moudir
Reconstitution of a family
Marocco, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Egypt
2023
97'
2023
97'
English subtitles
Phantom Members
Phantom Members
The filmmaker realizes one day that there is only one photo of her as a child, and it doesn't even look like her. Faced with silence and wanting to understand the mysteries surrounding her childhood, she and her father recreate a large-scale model of her neighbourhood by hand, and invite family and friends to sort out their stories using puppets representing them.
In a surreal atmosphere, she persuades everyone to confide, little by little, in order to find the painful starting point of many secrets and omissions.
A personal and historical quest, unique and moving.
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