Motherland
The word motherland evokes the idea of a totalitarian state, and that is exactly the situation facing the citizenry of this futuristic thriller. In a post-revolution society, women are no longer charged with the classic responsibility of childrearing. Instead, their newborns are snatched away and placed in government institutions, where children can be nurtured, manipulated and bent to the new order. Mothers have no say in the matter, and that may be difficult at times, but it's all for their own good and the fairness of all.
When Cora discovers a personal secret, it impacts her in a very human way, putting her on a collision course with the utopian state and one of its caretakers, who also happens to be the supervisor of the school where she works. Love and loss may be trivial emotions to the nation's leaders, but to women like Cora, they are everything.
The star-studded cast of Motherland includes Holland Taylor, Miriam Silverman, Nestor Carbonell, Emily Arancio and Molly Hager. Director Evan Matthews employs a sense of beauty in the characters and aesthetics, despite the dystopian setting, underscoring the survival of a nation under the weight of oppression. Writer Nicole Swinford weaves modern relevance and the power of ideas into the script, making this truly a thinking person's film.
You can watch a teaser here: Motherland Teaser
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