Movie Details
Theatrical Release:August 30th, 2013
Original Language:French
Late For My Mothers Funeral on the Web:Official Website
Late For My Mothers Funeral (2013)
DirectorPenny Allen
Plot
Former Portland director Penny Allens PROPERTY PAYDIRT new film is the intimate turbulent portrait of a FrenchAlgerianMoroccan family residing in Algeria and adrift following the death of their mother Zineb a notorious smuggler of gold and jewels Filmed over the course of three years the film finds its own space between documentary and fiction as the familys story brings to life the complexities of crossborder identities the influence of political context on individual lives and the importance of the mother figure in ArabIslamic cultures
