Like Bessai’s Normal, domestic dynamics are at the heart of his latest film, one that explores the baffling, complex, and ultimately unshakeable bond between mothers and daughters. Three exemplars of the relationship are at the heart of the film: The needy Micki and exasperated Rebecca reach a breaking point in their lives when Micki expels her daughter from her home and her life; Brenda finds herself again after her husband leaves her and her daughter, only to become the object of Kate’s misdirected scorn; and Celine is a successful Metis woman that rediscovers a connection with her missing granddaughter and becomes a guiding light over the course of Cynthia’s pregnancy. Often laugh-out-loud funny and always insightful, Mothers and Daughters celebrates a unique and purely female relationship, one that is at the root of most societies but has remained as enigmatic and varied as women themselves.