1987 Imdb — Madrid

He had never known her as an artist. He knew her as the woman who left the milk carton on the counter, who yelled at the evening news, who had a laugh that sounded like breaking glass. She died two years ago. He cleared out her apartment. He found tax returns, old photographs of places she never mentioned, and a single, faded business card for a production company called "La Meseta Films" with a Madrid address.

He clicked on the "Full Cast and Crew" link. Madrid 1987 Imdb

Now he wondered if his mother had been the one to point out that water drop. Had she been standing just behind the camera director, holding a clipboard, whispering, Wait. Look there. That's the real silence ? He had never known her as an artist

Leo had always thought that was the most beautiful shot in the movie. He cleared out her apartment

Leo’s throat tightened. That was his mother’s name. Her maiden name.

She had never told him she worked on a film. She had never told him a lot of things.