My Mother’s Men

Elsie, still reeling from her mother’s death, finds herself on a mission whether she likes it or not: to track down her mother’s five ex-husbands so they can help spread her ashes. A heartwarming drama of memory and forgiveness from debut filmmaker Anik Jean.After caring for her mother until her death, Elsie is taken aback by her mother’s final wish for Elsie to track down each of her mother’s five ex-husbands to scatter her ashes. Reeling from her grief and disappointment at her mother’s lack of personal message for herself, Elsie sets off to find them. What follows is a reckoning of her own past, and her reliance on alcohol, along with a lesson in letting go and reconciliation. MY MOTHER’S MEN is a cathartic personal drama. Bursting with deep emotion and a soundtrack of recognizable songs, the film is a testament to the restorative power of love. —C.F.GUEST(S) IN ATTENDANCE