My Lover My Son (1970)

Original title

My Lover, My Son

Directed by

John Newland

Genre

drama film

Country

United Kingdom, United States

Runtime

1h 36m

Rated

R

Rating

4.2 of 10 from 13 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A mother becomes overly attached to her adult son. Her intense possessiveness drives a wedge between them and leads to conflict.

tensemelancholicslow-burnclaustrophobicemotionally fraughtuneasycharacter-driven

What happens

My Lover, My Son (also known as Hush-a-bye Murder) is a 1970 American-British co-production drama film directed by John Newland and starring Romy Schneider, Donald Houston and Dennis Waterman. It tells the story of a mother clinging to her maturing son. The film is based on Edward Grierson's 1952 novel Reputation for a Song. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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