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Mother, Couch

2024 · 96 min

A surreal, claustrophobic family reckoning that unfolds with deadpan unease and quiet emotional weight.

Directed by: Niclas Larsson
Genres: Comedy, Drama
Starring: Ewan McGregor, Rhys Ifans, Taylor Russell

Overview: The members of a dysfunctional family find themselves mysteriously trapped in an antiquated furniture store when their elderly matriarch suddenly refuses to get up from one of the display couches.

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Directed by: Niclas Larsson
Genres: Comedy, Drama
Starring: Ewan McGregor, Rhys Ifans, Taylor Russell

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Tone: absurdstrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: family
isolation
identity
grief
obsession
Places: workplace
single country house
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
unreliable narrator
Content intensity: Gore none
Language strong
Violence mild
Sex mild

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Action	1
Horror	2
Humour	5
Realism	4
Romance	1
Tension	5
Darkness	6
Complexity	7
Emotional weight	7

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Genres: comedy, drama
Directed by: Niclas Larsson
Written by: Niclas Larsson
Starring: Ewan McGregor, Rhys Ifans, Taylor Russell, Lara Flynn Boyle, Lake Bell, F. Murray Abraham, Ellen Burstyn, Mar'Ques Woolford
Music: Christopher Bear
Cinematography: Chayse Irvin
Runtime: 96 min
Country: Denmark, Sweden, United States of America
Languages: English

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