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A meditative documentary essay that juxtaposes impersonal urban imagery with intimate maternal correspondence, creating tension between distance and longing.
Impersonal and beautiful images of Akerman's life in New York are combined with letters from her loving but manipulative mother, read by Akerman herself.
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