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JAPAN · 1980
3000 Leagues in Search of Mother: The Movie
Synopsis
A young Italian boy named Marco is devastated when his mother must leave home to work in Argentina to pay off the family debt. She sends the family letters, but soon the messages stop coming, which worries Marco and sets him off on an epic quest to find her.
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mother-son separation · coming of age · immigration and labor · family debt · journey and adventure
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