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Austria10 Essential Austrian FilmsStop 3 of 10

Goodnight Mommy

Ich seh, Ich seh

2014

In an isolated country house, nine-year-old twin boys await their mother's return from cosmetic surgery. When she comes home swathed in bandages and strangely altered, the boys begin to doubt she is really their mother. A chilling Austrian horror.

Why it’s here

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.

Part of 10 Essential Austrian Films

This film is stop 3 of 10 in the hand-ranked native-cinema route through Austria. See the complete ranking or read the selection methodology.

Watching this film stamps Austria in the 196 country film challenge.