Family Constellations. Amama. When a tree falls

Yesterday afternoon, after a day of work, I sat down to watch a movie that has been recommended to me in relation to ancestor healing and transgenerational healing It is the movie _Amama directed by Asier Altuna.

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Set in a farmhouse in the Basque Country, Amama portrays through the family story the confrontation between father (Tomás) and daughter (Amaia) the abrupt transition between the rural world and the city, the visceral and the intellectual, between silence and actions.

In the family of Amama they have the custom of planting a tree every time a new member is born, and Amama (grandmother) paints the trees of her three grandchildren in three different colors, something that determines and conditions the meaning of each of the children throughout their lives: red for the heir, white for the lazy and black for the rebel.

The film allows us to go beyond the story of a generational difference and family friction, to reflect on the depth of paradigm shifts, the role of women, communication and the transgenerational.

Amama_ is an invitation to find the way to assume and live with what we have been while we continue our way forward, in order to preserve the link between past and present, recognizing what was, those who came before.

It is about continuing to move forward in life, yours, the Mass; remembering that when we leave the past behind, it is not superfluous to look in the rearview mirror at the road we have traveled, so as to never lose sight of our roots, those that have pushed us to undertake the journey that brought us to where we are now.

Have you already seen the film, if you haven't, I suggest you watch it and comment below.

What color was your tree painted when you were born?