"Five Years, Four Months" review: A surreal portrait of a mother's obsessive search for her disappeared son
A review of the film "Five Years, Four Months," which follows Martha (Jenny Nava), a Colombian factory worker obsessively searching for her missing son — one of thousands who were "disappeared" during a period of domestic oppression. The film is described as an intriguing and lightly surreal account of grief, obsession, and the search for justice.
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For many, grief is a cryptic crossword clue for which there's never quite enough cells for the answer to properly fit
She will not rest until she knows the whereabouts of her missing son, one of thousands who were 'disappeared' during the recent era of domestic oppression
Her search has now rolled over to the half-decade point, yet she shows no sign of fl
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