Some movies are better appreciated when little or nothing is known of its history. This is the case of the austrian horror/thriller film Goodnight Mommy (Ich seh, Ich seh; original title) from the directors Severin Fiala and Veronika Franz. In an isolated house somewhere in Austria, the nine years old twins Elias (Elias Schwarz) and Lukas (Lukas Schwarz) expect their mother (Susanne Wuest) return home after a plastic surgery. However, with the bandaged face and a different and less affectionate behavior, the boys begin to doubt whether or not is really their mother who is there. This makes her an impostor, as they increasingly suspect, or just a bad mother?
It is in the mother's figure that lies the best construction of the film. In the first scene in which she appears, when she opens and closes the curtains and looks harshly at the children, we are slaughtered by their fear. The twins are shocked to look at the strange covered face creature. Since the children are the focus of the narrative, we follow the story through their eyes, which ultimately highlight only one side of the events.
The performances are intense. The twins Elias and Lukas Schwarz, who lend their names to the characters, and the mother played by Susanne Wuest, act in an exemplary way. The psychological and emotional aspects of the characters are well developed, contributing to spice up the family drama. The directors Severin Fiala and Veronika Franz made an exquisite work by exploiting the conflict arising from the doubts of the boys.
Goodnight Mommy is a film that will, for several days, let the viewer immersed in questions about what happened there. It will also make couples seriously rethink the desire to have children...
Original title: Ich Seh Ich Seh
English title: Goodnight Mommy
Director: Sererin Fiala, Veronika Franz
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3086442/
