A Way Home

When filmmaker Karima Saïdis mother Aïcha develops Alzheimers at the end of her life Karima decides to make a film portrait of her at her Brussels care home Before oblivion descends for good Aïcha is becoming increasingly confused and Karima takes her on mental journey back into her past The filmmaker uses Aïchas stories and a wide range of family archive material to create an impression of Aïchas life We start with her youth in Morocco are shown how her husband brought her from Tangiers to Belgium and how she later went on to raise her children as a single mother