First Festival Screening – Monday, July 20, 2015 @ 2:50 PM J.A. De Seve Theatre
In a remote lakeside home, in the centre of scenic oblivion, a terrifying scenario is beginning to unfold. Twin brothers Elias and Lukas are having a difficult time understanding their mother’s recent behavioural changes after a painful facial surgery that currently has her entire visage bandaged as she convalesces. She has always been a strict disciplinarian, but even by her standards, she is now uncharacteristically impatient, aggressive and cold. The children are devastated by this angry, bandaged version of their mother. They grow convinced that the tightly wrapped woman in their home is a terrible imposter, and become determined to force her to reveal whatever she knows about what’s going on. Desperate to have their real mother returned to them, they will get the answers that they need to save her. By any means necessary.
Director – Veronika Franz & Severin Fiala
An Official Selection for the 2015 Venice Film Festival, 2014 Toronto International Film Festival, and 2015 Hong Kong International Film Festival.
Goodnight Mommy has won the Grand Prize of European Fantasy Film in Silver, Stiges Film Festival 2014, and Jury Prize at Gerardmer Film Festival 2015.
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