The Burn

The Burn

2010 · 65 min · ★ 6.0 · Documentary

The mother left Chile 26 years ago, her two children did not see her again. The children have grown up : the brother a film-maker, the daughter a librarian. They will try to fix, to give a body to the telephonic voice of their mother, to finish the spell of the family's phantom limb.

Directed by René Ballesteros · Written by René Ballesteros

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