Winner in the World Fest in Houston International Film Fest and Gold Remi Award.
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The story unfolds with surprising twists, not to shock, but to demonstrate a truth? Life can be unpredictable.
Family can be complicated. And love – especially maternal love – is never simple. There are some films that transcend storytelling – they echo our lived experiences, evoke deep emotions, and offer the kind of catharsis that only art rooted in truth can provide.
The new film by director and writer Rachel Suissa does just that. It is not just a family drama. It is a tender tribute to the generation of Greek mothers who lived their lives based on the struggle for survival and raised their daughters with their only guide being survival at all costs. At the center of the story is a Greek daughter, who stands at a difficult crossroads after the death of her mother. She is caught between two worlds: her dream of becoming an artist and the responsibility of continuing her mother’s legacy as the owner of a beloved family restaurant.
The film balances these two situations with grace, humor, and emotional honesty – making the audience feel every choice and every hesitation as an act of love and self-sacrifice, especially when the mother suddenly passes away but returns to her daughter as a neurosis or a ghost. And then, there is the role of the mother — the one who haunts and holds the film together, even after she has passed away.
Greek mothers, like the one depicted in the film, know “only one thing” at all times: what is the right thing for their child to do. Sometimes, this devotion becomes a burden for the children. But they consider this to be their role. This “is” them, it is offering, it is devotion, they are “mothers”.
This film is deeply personal.
Many of the roles, as Ms. Suissa shared in an interview with us that you can listen to on GREEKRADIO FL., were drawn from her personal experiences growing up with a Greek mother in a foreign country. So we don't just see roles and characters in a story. We see ourselves, our mothers, our daughters. We see and identify with generations of women trying to make each other proud — often through silence, often through food, very often through sacrifices, but always with their presence by their side.
As Mrs. Suissa herself said with humor after the screening of the film at the SAVOR cinema in FORT Lauderdale, Florida: "My Greek mother is always right."
Greek mothers of that generation didn't just raise children – they supported them, protected them, spoiled them, but also worried terribly about them. For these children, they would also cross oceans, learn foreign languages, and turn the world upside down.
And sometimes, they were so involved in their children's lives that they forgot where their own lives began and ended.
The film's music – rich in Greek influences and emotional upheavals – accompanies every twist and turn like a heartbeat.
You will hear Original songs written for the film: My Love, and Snow White, Lyrics by Rachel Suissa Music by Abraham Gomez Rosales and also many more that have been recreated for the film and are heard by the amazing voice of Abby Miner who plays the daughter in the film.
Maria Pappas
Children's book author
