Mother Teresa of Cats

Matka Teresa od kotów
Pawel Sala

Dysfunction turns to disaster when two brothers, aged 22 and 12, murder their cat-loving mother, in this sobering drama told through serial flashbacks and based on a true story.

DIRECTOR
Pawel Sala
YEAR
2009
COUNTRY
Poland
RUNTIME
90M
LANGUAGE
Polish with English Subtitles
ORIGINAL TITLE
Matka Teresa od kotów

Dysfunction turns to disaster when two brothers murder their cat-loving mother in this sobering, innovatively told drama based on a true story. Confident 22-year-old Artur (Mateusz Kosciukiewicz, star of All That I Love) grows increasingly rebellious, a volatile combination alongside his admiring 12-year-old sibling Marcin (Filip Grabacz). Marking playwright Pawel Sala’s debut fiction feature, and starring Ewa Skibinska as the mother, Mother Teresa traces the path of deviance through serial flashbacks that deepen the mystery of the tipping point from instability to tragedy.

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