Motherland
Director Miriam Pucitta grew up as the child of Italian migrant workers in Switzerland in the 1960s and 1970s.She herself has only fragmentary memories of this time; her mother and other relatives evade Miriam's questions.Together with her daughter Giulia, she researches her family's living conditions in Switzerland and finds a new understanding of her parents' difficult decisions.
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- Craft · Drama · Tension
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Director Miriam Pucitta grew up as the child of Italian migrant workers in Switzerland in the 1960s and 1970s. She herself has only fragmentary memories of this time; her mother and other relatives evade Miriam's questions. Together with her daughter Giulia, she researches her family's living conditions in Switzerland and finds a new understanding of her parents' difficult decisions.
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- Release date
- May 23, 2024
- Runtime
- 1h 33m
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- Language
- German, Italian
- Country
- Switzerland, Germany
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