Monday, November 30, 2020

Notes for My Son AKA El Cuderno de Tomy (2020)



Made for Netflix, airing on instant streaming November 24th in the US.
Filming location(s) unknown.
Based on truths.
The story: After Maria has a hysterectomy due to having cancer she finds that her troubles are not over.
She now is diagnosed with having a very large tumor in her pancreas.
Her state is so bad there is no medical treatment to help.
Slowly, day by day, Maria is slipping away.
She begins keeping a journal of sorts for her very young son so he will know who she was.
Maria also starts tweeting about her journey on Twitter. 
The next thing she knows there is a newspaper article about her.
Then she is asked to do an interview, which she does over the phone and is broadcast live.
Everyone loves Maria but she is just trying to spend as much time with the ones she loves before she must go.
Stars Valeria Bertuccelli , Esteban Lamothe , Julian Soren , Mauricio Dayub , Malena Pichot , Monica Antonopulos , Fabian Arenillas , Paola Barrientos , Diego De Paula , Diego Gentile , Ana Katz
Directed by (& story written) Carlos Sorin
Spanish w/English subtitles
Rated TVMA
BIOGRAPHY/DRAMA

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