a gentle little slice of life movie that takes a trip down memory lane. we explore family’s daily life through aakash, as we see him go through growing pains such as nagging parents, classroom mischief, learning to be an older brother. everyday starts the same — the sun slowly rises as the milkman delivers milk, the paper man does his rounds looking for paper to recycle, aakash and adi negotiate for five more minutes before showering. that cyclical feeling grounds don’t tell mother. the brothers fight, they get scolded by their parents, they try to steal almonds, and the next day everyone moves on.
but they don’t. underneath the surface, we see aakash experiencing generational trauma. the mom makes a point early in the movie that the kids copy what they see, and it becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy as we see aakash exhibit some of his family’s flaws. the constant nagging, the exposure to his parents fighting, the eavesdropping of family conversations discussing the kids, these all slowly wear down on an impressionable kid.
however, i’d like to think that don’t tell mother is optimistic about this. yes, aakash is clearly inheriting some generational trauma, but he also quickly faces the consequences and sees where he went wrong. he catches himself turning into something he dislikes and he actively repents for it. at the end, we see him growing and on his way to being better, hopefully ending the generational trauma being passed down his family.
a gentle little slice of life movie that takes a trip down memory lane. we explore family’s daily life through aakash, as we see him go through growing pains such as nagging parents, classroom mischief, learning to be an older brother. everyday starts the same — the sun slowly rises as the milkman delivers milk, the paper man does his rounds looking for paper to recycle, aakash and adi negotiate for five more minutes before showering. that cyclical feeling grounds don’t tell mother. the brothers fight, they get scolded by their parents, they try to steal almonds, and the next day everyone moves on.
but they don’t. underneath the surface, we see aakash experiencing generational trauma. the mom makes a point early in the movie that the kids copy what they see, and it becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy as we see aakash exhibit some of his family’s flaws. the constant nagging, the exposure to his parents fighting, the eavesdropping of family conversations discussing the kids, these all slowly wear down on an impressionable kid.
however, i’d like to think that don’t tell mother is optimistic about this. yes, aakash is clearly inheriting some generational trauma, but he also quickly faces the consequences and sees where he went wrong. he catches himself turning into something he dislikes and he actively repents for it. at the end, we see him growing and on his way to being better, hopefully ending the generational trauma being passed down his family.
