Experimental Interference Signals: 'In My Mother's Mirror' with Corinna Harfouch

Jutta Brückner, a filmmaker recognized for her contributions to the feminist avant-garde of German cinema in the 1970s, returns with "Im Spiegel meiner Mutter" (In My Mother's Mirror). This mother-daughter drama is described as an ambitious yet modest late work from the director.

The film draws parallels with Brückner's 1980 film "Hungerjahre" (Years of Hunger), which depicted a family in Adenauer-era Germany. The protagonist in that film, 13-year-old Ursula, was significantly inspired by the director's own autobiographical experiences. Nearly five decades later, Brückner revisits the theme through a character also named Ursula, now considerably older.

Despite the passage of time, the film's title, "In My Mother's Mirror," suggests that certain fundamental dynamics remain unchanged. The narrative centers on the relationship between a dominant mother figure, portrayed by Hildegard Schmahl, and her melancholic daughter, played by Corinna Harfouch.

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