“Imagine this camera is your mother”, a father tells his daughter. In the 1990s, scores of families from the Republic of Moldova began a ritualised mail exchange between the mothers, who had emigrated for economic reasons, and their relatives back home. The former sent money and goods; the latter sent videotapes. These amateur recordings are the material of this film. They test...
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“Imagine this camera is your mother”, a father tells his daughter. In the 1990s, scores of families from the Republic of Moldova began a ritualised mail exchange between the mothers, who had emigrated for economic reasons, and their relatives back home. The former sent money and goods; the latter sent videotapes. These amateur recordings are the material of this film. They testify to the painful gaps the absent persons left in the lives of those who stayed behind.
Migration is a big factor in post-socialist states buffeted by recession and inflation after the end of the Soviet Union – and in this case, also by the civil war over Transnistria. According to data from 2011/2012, about a third of Moldovan children had one parent abroad. In this small country between Romania and the Ukraine, too, a higher percentage of fathers choose work migration. Otilia Babara, however, is specifically interested in the consequences of long absent mothers, who work for nursing services in Italy, for example, to earn their family’s livelihood, and who express their love through care packages. The loss of connection to their mother – all of whom stay out of the frame –, which affects girls in particular, emerges in the cracks of the staged home videos, when wandering glances reveal that the children no longer believe in their return.
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Imagine camera is your mother，由摩尔多瓦留守家庭寄给外出务工的母亲的真实录像带内容剪辑而成，穿插母亲孤身一人的生活影像片段。随着时间流逝，孩童成长，对于母亲的在场的信念逐渐消逝，Images lost their purpose.
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#Visions du Réel 2023 online Imagine camera is your mother，由摩尔多瓦留守家庭寄给外出务工的母亲的真实录像带内容剪辑而成，穿插母亲孤身一人的生活影像片段。随着时间流逝，孩童成长，对于母亲的在场的信念逐渐消逝，Images lost their purpose.