Ernesto, a young forensic anthropologist, is working on the identification of victims of the civil war in Guatemala, when the testimony of an elderly woman rekindles his hopes for news of his father, a guerrilla fighter killed by the military.
The film interweaves the protagonist's personal story with historical events, focusing on the importance of female figures, women, mothers and wives who bear the consequences of the war on their skin. A story whose themes such as the search for identity, the sense of motherhood and the atrocities of war have a universal value, but at the same time brings to light the events of a country and people ignored by most.
Thanks to a good direction and effective performances, Our Mothers succeeds in doing justice to both story and history.
The film interweaves the protagonist's personal story with historical events, focusing on the importance of female figures, women, mothers and wives who bear the consequences of the war on their skin. A story whose themes such as the search for identity, the sense of motherhood and the atrocities of war have a universal value, but at the same time brings to light the events of a country and people ignored by most.
Thanks to a good direction and effective performances, Our Mothers succeeds in doing justice to both story and history.