La Mami

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La Mami

2019

1h 21m

Documentary

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Fewer than 50 Ratings

Night after night, La Mami unlocks the door and reveals the guarded restroom of the Cabaret Barba Azul's dancers. After working for more than 40 years in the nightlife, Doña Olga is now La Mami, the caretaker of the women restroom at the mythical Cabaret Barba Azul. Night after night, she takes care of the dancers working at the flow of live music. This restroom is a trusting bubble inside Barba Azul. Today there is a new woman arriving at the restroom. She has a sick son and needs to work.

Beandrea July

New York Times

Garvín’s adept camerawork allows the story to unfold so seamlessly in its vérité style, that the film emanates the magic of a scripted drama without revealing any noticeable interference.

Apr 7, 2022

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Neil Young

The Hollywood Reporter

An intimate, often amusing, invariably informative delve into a semi-hidden world - one which very few males ever even glimpse.

Dec 4, 2019

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Guy Lodge

Variety

"La Mami" is rife with sharp, tacit socioeconomic criticism of an unequal, patriarchal society in which making joyless business out of pleasure is the best hope many women have.

Nov 26, 2019

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Erick Estrada

Cinegarage

A moving, sad, hard story. [Full review in Spanish]

Aug 24, 2022

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Dennis Harvey

48 Hills

While we don’t find out everything about them—even the cabaret dressing room is a place where they hide some things about their “real” life—we learn enough to be touched, as well as sometimes amused.

Jun 28, 2022

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Gisela Savdie

Letra Urbana

This particular representation can be extended to the rest of Latin America, and maybe the entire world, where so many countries with similar situations leave women unprotected, and with few options for survival. [Full review in Spanish]

Apr 13, 2022

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Night after night, La Mami unlocks the door and reveals the guarded restroom of the Cabaret Barba Azul's dancers. After working for more than 40 years in the nightlife, Doña Olga is now La Mami, the caretaker of the women restroom at the mythical Cabaret Barba Azul. Night after night, she takes care of the dancers working at the flow of live music. This restroom is a trusting bubble inside Barba Azul. Today there is a new woman arriving at the restroom. She has a sick son and needs to work.

Director: Laura Herrero
Producer: Laura Imperiale, Patricia Franquesa, Laia Zanón, Laura Herrero
Genre: Documentary
Original Language: Spanish
Runtime: 1h 21m