I liked "All for My Mother", even though I am not that much interested in the problem of troubled youth. I read that the director had previously worked as a documentary filmmaker for many years, which explains the sense of authenticity I had while watching this film. Although the world shown in the film is unfriendly and ruthless, Imielska never demonizes the characters. The girls from reform school cruelly harass other girls because they are trying to deal with their own traumas in this way-they are usually victims of parental neglect, domestic violence, or rape. A woman remains silent when witnessing rapes because she does not want to lose her husband. The director of the reform school sometimes looks away when she sees that something bad is happening in the center because she is tired of the omnipresent violence. "All for My Mother" is kept in cold, green, and blue colors with a naturalistic style. The glimpses of landscapes are expressive and interesting, and the acting is good. The only flaw in the film that caught my eye was that Ola (Zofia Domagalik) was too childish for her age of 17. I remember when I was 15 I left my hometown to go to school in a big city, and all my friends from boarding school were more mature than Ola. But in the end, "All for My Mother" is more about the problem than about a specific person.
