La madre muerta

The Dead Mother is a 1993 Spanish drama film directed by Juanma Bajo Ulloa which stars Karra Elejalde and Ana Álvarez alongside Lio and Silvia Marsó. Together with Bajo Ulloa's debut feature Butterfly Wings (1991), it contributed to the creation of an aura of cult auteur around the director. Plot A girl, Leire, ends up as mentally impaired after being shot in the head in a domestic rob attempt by Ismael, who also kills Leire's mother (a restorer of religious images). The plot primarily concerns the ambiguous relationship between Ismael and Leire, after Ismael kidnaps Leire years later. Cast Production The film is a Gasteizko Zinema production. It was primarily shot in Vitoria-Gasteiz.