Underplayed Gems

I Am Mother (2019)

I Am Mother poster
Directed by
Grant Sputore
Genre
science fiction film, thriller film
Country
Australia
Runtime
1h 55m
Rated
PG-13
Rating
6.7 of 10 from 2,859 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A girl grows up in a sterile underground bunker with a robot called Mother. An injured woman shows up and makes the girl question everything she knows about her protector and the outside world.

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What happens

I Am Mother is a 2019 Australian cyberpunk thriller film directed by Grant Sputore and written by Michael Lloyd Green, based on a story by both. Starring Clara Rugaard, Luke Hawker, Rose Byrne, and Hilary Swank, the film follows Daughter, a girl in a post-apocalyptic bunker, being raised by Mother, a robot who is aiding the repopulation of Earth. The film had its world premiere at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival. Netflix released it in several countries on 7 June 2019. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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