Goodnight Mommy (2014)

Original title

Ich seh, Ich seh

Directed by

Severin Fiala, Veronika Franz

Genre

drama film, horror film

Country

Austria

Runtime

1h 39m

Rated

R

Rating

6.7 of 10 from 1,713 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Twin boys live in a large isolated house with their mother who has returned home after facial surgery. They start to suspect that the woman is not their real mother.

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What happens

Goodnight Mommy (German: Ich seh, Ich seh, lit. 'I see, I see'; UK: Goodnight Mummy) is a 2014 Austrian psychological horror film, written and directed by Veronika Franz and Severin Fiala. The film stars Susanne Wuest and twin actors Elias and Lukas Schwarz, and follows the complex relationship between twin boys and their newly returned-from-the-hospital mother in a large isolated house. The boys begin to question the woman's identity, believing that she is not the same person as the one who went to surgery, and therefore wondering if she is their real mother. Goodnight Mommy had its world premiere at the 71st Venice International Film Festival on 30 August 2014 and was theatrically released on 5 January 2015, by Stadtkino Verleih. The film grossed $2 million worldwide and received widespread acclaim from critics, with praise for its performances, direction and screenplay. It was selected as the Austrian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 88th Academy Awards, but it was not nominated. An American remake of the film starring Naomi Watts was released on Amazon Prime Video on 16 September 2022. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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