The film takes place during the Second World War. The heroin whose
son was sent to the front is illiterate, not knowing how to read nor
write. But as the only way to get news from the front is to read letters
from the front, she learns how to read and is even employed as post
man. Many people get bad news through the letters she delivers.
This is a typical film for the ‘lieutenant film-makers’ who studied
cinema after they fought in the war. The film is part of a serial of work
which at the time of the thaw tried to think again about this period in
their history. "Mother’s Tale" was awarded at Karlovy Vary festival
in 1964.
Source : Festival de Vesoul, 2012