Country: France Language: FrenchPresented at the Film Center and in our Virtual Screening Room as part of Young French Cinema 2022, with Saïd Hamich Benlarbi’s short film Le Départ/The Departure.Shot in Herzi’s childhood neighborhood, Bonne mère takes a documentary approach to the struggles of a woman supporting her children and grandchildren, capturing the tedium of the pre-dawn commute to work, the sadness of visits to a son in jail, and the nagging anger of being relegated to a neglected corner of society, yet capturing the resilience and humor that drives the people Herzi films, most of whom are local non-professionals. Premiered at Cannes Film Festival 2021.