Originally published February 17, 2022. Updated February 16, 2022.
Following an acclaimed festival run last year [read our ★★★★ review here]. Magnolia Pictures and Magnet Releasing have shared a trailer, poster and images for the Irish psychological horror You Are Not My Mother.
Written and directed by Kate Dolan, the film stars Hazel Doupe as Char, a young girl searching for answers after her bedridden mother (Carolyn Bracken) mysteriously goes missing and returns the following evening without explanation and displaying increasingly frightening behaviour; check them out here…
It’s the week before Halloween. Char’s bedridden mother, Angela, has mysteriously gone missing. All that remains is her abandoned car parked in the middle of a field. When Angela returns home to their North Dublin estate the following evening without explanation, it becomes clear to Char and her grandmother, Rita, that something is amiss. She might look and sound the same, but Angela’s behavior has become increasingly erratic and frightening, as if she has been replaced by a malevolent force. As Halloween approaches, a night steeped in ancient Irish myth and legend, Char must unearth the dark secrets of her family in order to uncover the truth behind her mother’s disappearance and save her, even if it means potentially losing her forever.
You Are Not My Mother arrives in cinemas and On Demand on March 25th.
