Anacarsis Ramos / Pornotráfico

For over sixty years, Josefina Orlaineta worked in more than forty jobs in Campeche, southern Mexico. Her son Anacarsis moved to Mexico City, pursuing theater and embracing his identity as a gay man. Now, Josefina adds another chapter to her impressive career: performing her own story on stage with her son. With humor and charm, Josefina recounts her jobs, sharing sales tricks and survival strategies while stuffing sausages – filling the scenes with memories. Anacarsis Ramos sensitively questions his mother, transforming their dialogue into a thoughtful reflection on economic survival, class, and theater itself. Hence, Josefina offers ideas for improving precarious working conditions in the arts, while Ramos humorously comments on Europeans’ voyeuristic taste for documentary theater and his mother’s talent as a performer.

The fact that Josefina, as in her other jobs, also succeeds in the theater makes "Mi madre y el dinero" an entertaining documentary piece that is as witty as it is profound.