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Mother's Heart
ITALY · 1969

Mother's Heart

Salvatore Samperi
political radicalization maternal absence childhood corruption social manipulation destructive games
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Synopsis

A mute mother stands by idly as her young children radicalise as a result of a society that thrives on conflict and manipulation. As she is drawn to a group of political activists, her absence allows her children to become increasingly extreme in their behaviour and lethal games they play.

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