Loveling (Benzinho)

A mother must surpass her anxiety and find strength before sending her eldest son away overseas in this Sundance Grand Jury Prize-nominated drama.

"Irene (co-writer Karine Teles, Riscado) is raising four rambunctious sons in a home that is physically crumbling but warm and happy. As Irene simultaneously shelters her sister Sonia (who just left a volatile marriage), supports her own husband through a financial crisis, and plans her own long-awaited high school graduation, Irene’s eldest son, Fernando (Konstantinos Sarris, TV's Dark Days), suddenly announces he has been recruited by a professional handball team in Germany and will be leaving in just three weeks. Consummate caretaker Irene prickles at the idea of emancipating the 16-year-old so he can travel and live alone, and she becomes increasingly anxious about what her future holds." (Sundance Film Festival)

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