Mama General
Director: Sylvie Banuls
A film about poverty in a rich country: father, mother, seven children have made it out of the homeless asylum. The author met the Cologne family B. for the first time in 1976. Living with debts, installments, reminders, living with the certainty that the children will not fare any differently. For more than twenty years, between dreams and fears, the camera recorded two generations' fear of failure and hunger for middle class. A unique film chronicle from the "latest economic miracle" - between 1976 and 1997.
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Mama General (1997) is a documentary film. The film has not yet gathered many viewer ratings. The film runs 1h 38min. Check current streaming availability in the "Where to watch" section above.
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Mama General runs 98 minutes (1h 38min).
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Mama General was released in 1997.
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