Once My Mother

July. 24,2014

Rating：

7.9

Genre：

History Documentary Family

Keywords：

Woman Director World War Ii Parent Child Relationship

Trailer Synopsis Cast

Australian filmmaker Sophia Turkiewicz investigates why her Polish mother abandoned her and uncovers the truth behind her mother's wartime escape from a Siberian gulag, leaving Sophia to confront her own capacity for forgiveness.

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