SYNOPSIS
Throughout her life, seventy-four-year-old Bigmama has stubbornly moved forward, pushing past the abuse she endured as a teenager in Bangkok and the challenges she faced as a young immigrant mother in the United States. Now retired, she lives a solitary existence behind closed curtains in sun-drenched Florida.

As her health declines, Bigmama reaches out to her three estranged daughters, scattered across the country and an ocean. Seen through the intimate perspective of her granddaughter and co-director, their reunion becomes a tender exploration of motherhood and the wounds passed down through generations. As they try to heal from their intergenerational trauma, the family begins to discover that Bigmama’s emotional unavailability may have saved them all.


CREW
Directors: Alexandra Rüegg & Lasse Linder
Production Company: Dynamic Frame
Co-Production: SRF Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen
Co-Production: Florence
Producer: Philipp Ritler
Cinematographer: Xenia Patricia
Location Sound: Lasse Linder
Editor: Michael Karrer
Sounddesign: Oscar van Hoogevest

Supported by Zürcher Filmstiftung, Amt für Kultur St. Gallen, Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen, Suissimage, Fachausschuss Film und Medienkunst Basel, UBS Kulturstiftung, Walther Haefner Stiftung, Rheintaler Kulturstiftung