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Once My Mother

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A filmmaker investigates the circumstances that led to her mother abandoning her, and learns about her mother's wartime escape from a Siberian gulag.

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Evan Williams The Australian 07/30/2014
3.5/5
Turkiewicz has made an intimate, deeply personal film. Nowhere is the film more moving than in scenes of mother and daughter together -- the caring and ever-anxious Sophia, the frail and barely coherent old lady. Go to Full Review Philippa Hawker The Age (Australia) 07/23/2014
3.5/5
It's quietly moving, thoughtful and loving. Go to Full Review CJ Johnson Film Mafia 08/04/2014
3/5
Just when the film feels too much like a home movie, it shows us the world. Go to Full Review Rochelle Siemienowicz sbs.com.au 08/01/2014
3.5/5
It's incredibly moving. Go to Full Review Jim Schembri 3AW 08/01/2014
3/5
Beautiful, honest, personal documentary about the troubled relationship between filmmaker Sophia Turkiewicz (Silver City) and her late mother. Go to Full Review Jason Di Rosso At the Movies (Australia) 07/24/2014
4/5
It moved me so emotionally. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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04/20/2014 Fine documentary by Sophia Turkiewicz exploring her relationship with her Polish mother who survived life as a homeless orphan, the horrors of war and a Soviet Gulag and eventually settled in Adelaide after 6 years in Southern Africa as a refugee. Recommended! See more Read all reviews
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Synopsis A filmmaker investigates the circumstances that led to her mother abandoning her, and learns about her mother's wartime escape from a Siberian gulag.
Director
Sophia Turkiewicz
Genre
Documentary
Original Language
English
Runtime
1h 13m