Apron Strings 2008

A character driven story, Apron Strings explores the fine line between nurture and control that marks mother-son relationships across cultures.

Set against the backdrop of Auckland's multi-cultural southern suburbs, Apron Strings is a parallel story of two families and two cultures. It grapples with the boundaries of nurture and control, mothering and smothering, and how we sometimes have to let go of our individual sense of what is 'right', to do what is 'good' for all.

At the heart of the film are three women whose lives and livelihoods revolve around food. Lorna in her old fashioned cake-shop; Tara in her no-frills curry-house; and Anita on her stylish Indian cooking show.