Calling Mother

18m
Documentary
6.5

Calling Mother is about the moments when you just have to call your mum. It is a compilation of phone calls made by different people to their mothers. Film follows the lifespan of a human being from youth to adulthood, a child changing from a dependent to a caretaker. Phone calls are connected by images of an old telephone center and a story of a young mother who doesn’t have a mother to call.

Cast

Crew

Marianne Mäkelä
Director, Script, Producer
Heli Pekkonen
Director, Script, Cinematography
Leo Suonikko
Editor
Hannu-Pekka Vitikainen
Producer
Olli Huhtanen
Sound Designer
Kaapo Huttunen
Music

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