Mother I Am

Katya is a professional singer from the town of Pernik. Together with her husband and their orchestra she was one of the most famous women in the city during communism. Katya sang at the opening of all the “achievements of socialist labor – / opening of hotels, restaurants, creative homes, etc.”. But after the fall of communism in life and things get confused. The little son and son raped and maltreated women, and for that he was imprisoned. After serving his sentence and returning to Pernik, he begins to beat his mother, sister and father. Katya’s husband dies after the violence, and her son is in jail again. For Katya and her daughter, they have no chance to continue living in fear and terror from the killer-rapist, and they have no home anymore, and they are hiding in a crisis center. Katya has an eccentric look, her life has passed on stage, although her career did not go beyond the provincial level. Katya’s daughter was quick to marry in the Netherlands after dating on the internet to save herself and her mother from her brother’s threats and misery. Katya runs to the Netherlands, but keeps craving for the stage and for singing with the orchestra. She finds peace and stability with her Dutch son-in-law while helping to raise little Katya, the granddaughter that bears her name.