Mommy, I'm a Bastard! (2013)

An indie production of a romantic drama with a country-western feel meant to explore lost love.

Based on the best-selling novel by Angie Thomas and a maxim of the late Tupac Shakur.

This year, in light of the pandemic and the inability to gather with our loved ones, a few of our staff members reviewed their favorite holiday films with the hope of recreating some of the sentimentality that reminds us of home.

We, the Jane Austen aficionados, are suckers for everything and anything under the sun that’s remotely related to her and her world. That’s because we are so drawn to her unique style of fiction, romance, and social commentary, we take any allusion to her influence as a hint to what to expect when we start watching a movie or reading a book.

The most impressive aspect of this film is the honest and natural performances given by the on-screen duo.

Vicenza, a Brazilian girl, goes on a quest by herself to find out who her birth father is by gathering clues.