THE DEAD MOTHER (LA MADRE MUERTA) Tribute to Americas Film Festival

A smart and stylish psychological thriller from acclaimed Spanish director Juanma Baja Ulloa (Butterfly Wings). lsmae.f (Karra Elejalde), a psychopath, breaks into a house and kills the owner as her daughter watches. Years later, he believes he sees the gaze of that young witness in the face of a beautiful, mentally disturbed teenager. He kidnaps the girl intending to kill her, but finds that he has fallen in love with her. Characters are expertly drawn, especially the smart and independent women. Superb acting is highlighted by Elejalde whose Ismael is on a par with Anthony Hopkins in The Silence of the Lambs.