João Canijo : 2011
Blood of my Blood
Márcia is a single mother with two grown-up children. She works as a cook and shares her home in the Lisbon suburbs with her sister Ivete, a hairdresser. One day, Cláudia, her daughter, who is studying to become a nurse and works at a supermarket checkout, tells her mother that she's fallen in love with an older, married man. On meeting the man in question, Márcia realises the relationship poses a terrible threat to her family. She is determined to bring the affair to an end, even if it means compromising her cherished relationship with Cláudia. Meanwhile, her son Joca, a small-time drug pusher, tries to cheat his own dealer, but the plan misfires, obliging his aunt Ivete to make a great sacrifice in order to bail him out. The fallout from the incident has perilous consequences for them both. A story of unconditional love – the love of a mother for her daughter and of an aunt for her nephew – and about the lengths these women are prepared to go to in order to protect the ones they love. Winner of the FIPRESCI Prize at San Sebastián International Film Festival 2011.
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