Goodnight Mommy

In the heat of the summer lays a lonesome house in the countryside where nine year old twin brothers await their mother’s return. When she comes home, bandaged after cosmetic surgery, nothing is like before and the children start to doubt whether this woman is actually who she says she is.

Cast

Elias Schwarz

as Elias

Lukas Schwarz

as Lukas

Susanne Wuest

as Mother

Hans Escher

as Priest

Elfriede Schatz

as Red Cross Collector #1

Karl Purker

as Red Cross Collector #2

Georg Deliovsky

as Pizza Supplier

Christian Steindl

as Mesner

Christian Schatz

as Farmer

Erwin Schmalzbauer

as Accordion God

Reviews

Reno

> If a mother isn't being one, her own child would doubt her. The Austrian thriller-drama, is going to contend with another nearly 100 movies from the different countries for the upcoming (2016) American Academy Awards. I hope it will make into the final shortlist and my wishes to the cast and th...

furious_iz

Less than I hoped it would be. I went into this film spoiler free, knowing nothing more than the tag line. While it was well acted and well paced for the most part, the twist was heavy handed and obvious from early on. Maybe I would have liked this film more if there was more subtlety to it. A...

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