When Mother Comes Home for Christmas
Josephine, an illegal domestic worker from Sri Lanka, takes full-time tender loving care of little Isadora in Greece while her own children grow up in orphanages in the home country. Finally, after an absence of ten years, Josephine has a work visa and can undertake the journey home to meet her family. The camera documents this bitter-sweet, transitory reunion in an explosive cinema verite' odyssey.
- 1995
- 1 Hr 49 Mins
- Documentary, Drama
Josephine, an illegal domestic worker from Sri Lanka, takes full-time tender loving care of little Isadora in Greece while her own children grow up in orphanages in the home country. Finally, after an absence of ten years, Josephine has a work visa and can undertake the journey home to meet her family. The camera documents this bitter-sweet, transitory reunion in an explosive cinema verite' odyssey.