We were so thrilled to sponsor the screening of a wonderful film—The Mole Agent—at the 2021 Bangalow Film Festival. And we’re even more thrilled this week to learn that this gorgeous tale from Chile has nabbed an Oscar nomination for Best Documentary. The film is wonderfully conceived, moving, funny, tender and timely, but does take an earnest look ageing. It follows the travails of 83-year-old Sergio who is recruited by a private investigator. Armed with a smart phone, a camera-pen, and camera-equipped thick-rimmed glasses, his mission is to make sure that a client’s mother—a resident at an aged care facility—is not being abused or having her things stolen.

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