Sundance 2023 interviews: MAMACRUZ director Patricia Ortega
My personal thoughts on MAMACRUZ: A film – and subject – that could so easily have gone into a clownish or overtly provocative direction actually has a loving restraint, while still not shying away from its story of an elderly woman having a sexual reawakening while still honoring her devout faith. It is funny, but sweet, and deals with sexuality in a direct, yet entertaining way that films made in the states still haven’t figured out. I was completely charmed by the film.