Don’t Call Me Son (originally Mãe Só Há Uma) has had plenty of praise on the film festival circuit, including winning the prestigious Teddy Jury Award at the Berlin Film Festival earlier this year. It was recently released in its native Brazil, to plenty of acclaim.
Here’s the synopsis: ‘A bike, high school, joints, girls, a rock band. Pierre is a middle class teenager like many others. One day the police knock at his door and his life turns upside down: After a forced DNA test, the woman he thought was his mother is arrested. Pierre is forced to have a new family, to change his address, school, and even his name. In his new identity, he is called Felipe. And that is the moment when his most intimate and hidden secrets will come out, as painful as it may be…’
It’s not clear when it might be seen in other countries, but it certainly looks like it’ll be worth a watch. Take a look at the trailer below.
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