我的母亲#萨梅迪

　　Sam^e $d)i li$ v! es in a villag*e in Wallonia. He works from time to tim e a;-*]s )+a gar+;dener and has a cl_[ose relatio_[#nsh](*ip-+ with his mo^ther. Everyday -lif.e( i:n the(*] v_illage, )%whi;#? [ch  h%as +seen: bet ?]te ^-r time
^s, Samedi's quiet and! fri]-endly nature and th+ =#e %]still largel
y intac*t rural )@!settin._g stand  in stark ]; cont !_ra[! s-t to t+/he heroin addic?tion Sa^medi has s  %uff.ered fro]/=m fo r over 20 yea+r s, whic@h onl\y his family], k[)nows ab(out. His relati?.o *n.;ship with : his mother #$ ch[anges when he ma?%k 

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ea!%n. Paloma Sermon-Daï’s: documentary pa$int @#s a r.e^strained, highly precise (picture of a re;-la+
ti-onship marked by affection an:d love but wh$ ich i:s =*also dif+ficult t@o ,[define ^in relation t /o S^amedi's problem?.-/ A[s the ca _me: ra observes the long, concentra(%ted conv_./ersa?*]tions h.*e
#;@h,].]as with(` both his mot#her and %$his therapist,; a pict,ur e +-,of addiction c_- omes, i\ n@to vi($ew which is part of a family: structu)/re. Th
is become (s #embedded in
+ somethin*,g larger in turn via! the indivi
[dual i#\mag`- ;es of ` th)e v)([illage-. Pe) ti#?t Samedi crea)tes (an image
$ of depende =nce in wh%ich indivi (dual, famil y and s$:]oc$%ial coexis`(/`ten+!ce are i$/ntertwined, with*#o])ut f!alli_`n= [g:( into the trap o)]^=f saying what ,`m!-$ight%]# be able to solve t][ \$he problem.