Assistant to the director: All about mom, 45-min. documentary, director: Tuomas Sallinen, for arte, June 2002. Production: Doc en Stock
Is motherhood really pure happiness? Is it really so natural to feel and behave like mother? This documentary explores the dark side of motherhood.
Maternal feelings don’t always come naturally. If so, women often ask themselves: what am I doing wrong? What is wrong with me?
Through a series of portraits, the director of this documentary tries to understand how some women can not love their children and how maternal feelings are sometimes challenged. For many women and even more so for single mothers, having a baby is a responsibility too heavy to carry and thus a source of guilt.
Mothers must meet many expectations and often they have more doubts and fears as to whether they are “good mothers” than meets the eye. (Production assistant)