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67% Critic Match
Goodnight Mommy
“A mother should look out for her sons.”
6.7 / 10• 2015• 1h 40m•R• German
HorrorMysteryThriller
Storyline
In the heat of the summer lays a lonesome house in the countryside where nine year old twin brothers await their mother’s return. When she comes home, bandaged after cosmetic surgery, nothing is like before and the children start to doubt whether this woman is actually who she says she is.
Cast & Crew
Elias Schwarz
Elias
Lead
Lukas Schwarz
Lukas
Susanne Wuest
Mother
HE
Hans Escher
Priest
ES
Elfriede Schatz
Red Cross Collector #1
KP
Karl Purker
Red Cross Collector #2
GD
Georg Deliovsky
Pizza Supplier
CS
Christian Steindl
Mesner
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Severin Fiala's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Goodnight Mommy is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
