If you do this, I will call you by your first name instead of Mom (2019)
This experimental documentary delves into the director’s own mother-daughter relationship, featuring real-life dialogues between the director and her mother. The narrative unfolds through static, color-framed images of the mother’s empty apartment, capturing a sense of absence and reflection. These intimate conversations reveal layers of shame, resentment, and longing shaped by alcoholism and custody, creating a raw and deeply personal portrait of difficult love. Created as a Bachelor of Fine Arts graduation project, the work was exhibited in the Young Artists 2019 exhibition at Kunsthalle Helsinki.
Director: Rosaliina Paavilainen
Genre: Documentary
Runtime: 19 min
Release Date: March 30, 2019
Cast
- Rosaliina Paavilainen - Self (Voice)
- Johanna Paavilainen - Self (Voice)
Country: Finland
Language: suomi
Original Language: fi
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- This experimental documentary delves into the director’s own mother-daughter relationship, featuring real-life dialogues between the director and her mother. The narrative unfolds through static, color-framed images of the mother’s empty apartment, capturing a sense of absence and reflection. These intimate conversations reveal layers of shame, resentment, and longing shaped by alcoholism and custody, creating a raw and deeply personal portrait of difficult love. Created as a Bachelor of Fine Arts graduation project, the work was exhibited in the Young Artists 2019 exhibition at Kunsthalle Helsinki.
- Who directed If you do this, I will call you by your first name instead of Mom?
- If you do this, I will call you by your first name instead of Mom was directed by Rosaliina Paavilainen.
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- If you do this, I will call you by your first name instead of Mom stars Rosaliina Paavilainen, Johanna Paavilainen.
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- If you do this, I will call you by your first name instead of Mom has a runtime of 19m (19 minutes).
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- If you do this, I will call you by your first name instead of Mom is a Documentary film.
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- If you do this, I will call you by your first name instead of Mom was produced in Finland.