My Mother's Coat - an Animation

plain pleasing and lovely

My Mother's Coat from Moth on Vimeo.

This film is about my Italian mother and her confessions about life in Greece. Based on an interview that I did with her about motherhood, she talks to me about her arrival in post-dictatorship Athens in the 70’s, her struggle to adjust to the greek mentality, her memories and nostalgia of motherhood, but also her long lasting desire to move back to her small hometown in Italy.

Directed by Marie-Margaux Tsakiri-Scanatovits

Royal College of Art 2010

entire video here - http://vimeo.com/13281807

Dear Frankie...

a beautiful movie after really long time. Watching this I m turning fan for Brit movies. The language, the accent, the poise... the circumstances and the conflicts and not so perfect solutions... the mother talks to his Son through the letters meant from/to his dad (who's a sailor) ... the son so yearns to meet his dad that he keeps track of the sail across oceans (in a world atlas in his room)... a stranger who accepts to be part of a deal to be son's dad for a day leaves in sheer amazement of this relationship

(i have been lying to my son every single day) "..(no) you have been protecting your son every single day"

.. and then the dying Father's last wish to see his son against the ma's last shield to her son... loved the movie and highly recommend it even - here's the IMDB link

My Mother's Day

thats my mother's day.. thats when i celebrate ... thats when we all celebrate... but thats when no one but my mother remembers how beautiful the day was (don' t you mom?? or was it night mom?? ). Well yes 9 months of awaiting and i m finally here ( I ... I!! oh please u wouldn't have the slightest conscious of that then... ) ..ok lets just say "baby is finally here" . She has the end to all 9 months of labor.. 9 months of irregular sleeps .. 9 months of irregular hunger.. man must not my mom be so anxious to see me :) ( again ?? ) yeah yeah .. anxious to see her baby!!! ... her baby!!! who will only get the food she gives, milk she gives, conciousness she initiates, wisdom she imparts, nature she nurtures, morals she shines with( ... and what have u given her??? ) well joy of I, me and myself being there... ( oh please !!! hope the world could see the embarrassment in ur face while writing this...) ... ya ya i know... there is nothing besides me and my self built conscious that i have given my mom .... i have been celebrating my birthday as if marking a great had set foot on this world that day... i have been accepting those gifts as if they were ofcourse meant for me ... i 've been cutting those cakes and blowing those candles for i could never understand it wasn't I who arrived but it was She who delivered!!! ( yeah remember the baby on his birth is without an 'I').. yup i do :). So has this 'I' been always selfish... ( hmmmm... you decide!! ;) ) well many times yes... but i love my mom and i have never shown anything which might have indicated otherwise ( .. indicated otherwise?? oh what have u done to show it not so otherwise) well ... here it is then ... next birthday onwards... i will be all there up @12midnight(13th feb..) wishing my mom "Happy Mother's Day" ... because that is ur mother's day and that is why its been this special life for me since.... ( wish one from me too...)