Quote:
"Although only 57 minutes long, What My Mother Told Me packs in more emotion, more subtle observation, more raw, real life, than most films two or three times its length. Directed and written by former Toronto resident Frances-Anne Solomon (now based in London), it follows a young Glasgow woman on a journey of discovery to her native Trinidad, where she buries her estranged father and encounters her long-absent mother for the first time since she was 4. During several days together, the two women (Leonie Forbes as the elder, Adjoa Andoh as the younger) cover vast and disturbing tracts of disputed memories. Truly memorable."
-- Globe and Mail

Source:
Groen, Rick, Christopher Harris, Liam Lacey, Geoff Pevere, Elizabeth Renzetti, and Isabel Vincent. "Toronto International Film Festival: A cinephile's guide to the festival." Globe and Mail, September 8, 1995.