Forward, Calm and Straight

Forward, Calm and Straight

2014 · 20 min · ★ 2.0 · Drama

Ten days in the life of a thirty-six-year-old woman.Ten days of a legal and administrative marathon, that turns obsessional, to get a mother back; a mother who does not even want to be one. Ten days for a transformation: a girl who becomes a woman, a woman who finally understands that someone's happiness cannot be made despite oneself, and certainly not despite her own mother.

Directed by Julie-Anne Roth · Written by Julie-Anne Roth

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