Storyline
Mamma Gógó is about Gógó, an elderly lady, who is diagnosed with Alzheimer disease and her son’s and family’s reaction to her illness. While Gógó is continuously getting herself into trouble, of the kind only a person with Alzheimer can, the son, the director, is struggling with financial troubles after his film Children of Nature has flopped in the cinema. As Gógó‘s disease progresses her family decides that it is best for her to move to a nursing home. Gógó and her deceased husband, who appears on the scene, are not happy with that decision. The director is dependent on others when it comes to his finances and when Gógó settles into the nursing home he decides to sell his mother’s apartment and valuable artwork but the profits of the sale help him to get by.
Cast & Crew
Kristbjörg Kjeld
Mamma Gógó
Lead
Hilmir Snær Guðnason
The director
Gunnar Eyjólfsson
Gógó's deceased husband
Margrét Vilhjálmsdóttir
The director's wife
Ólafía Hrönn Jónsdóttir
The director's Sister 1
IM
Inga Maria Valdimarsdóttir
The director's sister 2
Jóhann Sigurðarson
The Bank Manager
BI
Bjarni Ingvarsson
The Farmer
What People Are Saying
3.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Fridrik Thor Fridriksson's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Mamma Gógó is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
