Your mom's dying and you finally found love — too bad she hates everything about it.
Dear Mom centers on the conflictive relationship between Heloisa, a recently divorced doctor, and her mother Ruth. Heloisa blames Ruth for her bad relationship with her own daughter, her failed marriage, and even her unsuccessful career. It’s a conflict that worsens when Ruth, after being diagnosed with cancer, finds out that Heloisa has fallen in love with Leda, a painter she met at the hospital where she works. The new relationship is not well accepted by her family, let alone by Ruth, which worsens the friction between them.
Acting
Selma Egrei's Ruth — weaponized maternal guilt incarnate
Writing
Refuses easy redemption, earns every bitter moment
Director
Jeremias Moreira Filho
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
One of the few Brazilian films to center a middle-aged lesbian protagonist without making her queerness the 'problem' — the problem is always Ruth.
Letícia Sabatella reportedly fought for the unsatisfying ending; she argued Helô's incomplete reconciliation with Ruth was more honest than Hollywood forgiveness.
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