Mamma Gógó
6.5
Mamma Gógó is about Gógó, an elderly lady, who is diagnosed with Alzheimer disease and her son’s and family’s reaction to her illness. While Gógó is continuously getting herself into trouble, of the kind only a person with Alzheimer can, the son, the director, is struggling with financial troubles after his film Children of Nature has flopped in the cinema. As Gógó‘s disease progresses her family decides that it is best for her to move to a nursing home. Gógó and her deceased husband, who appears on the scene, are not happy with that decision. The director is dependent on others when it comes to his finances and when Gógó settles into the nursing home he decides to sell his mother’s apartment and valuable artwork but the profits of the sale help him to get by.
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Kristbjörg Kjeld
Mamma Gógó
Known for
Of Horses and Men
Jar City
Hilmir Snær Guðnason
The director
Known for
Lamb
101 Reykjavik
Gunnar Eyjólfsson
Gógó's deceased husband
Known for
Beowulf & Grendel
101 Reykjavik
Margrét Vilhjálmsdóttir
The director's wife
Also in
The Seagull's Laughter
White Night Wedding
Ólafía Hrönn Jónsdóttir
The director's Sister 1
Known for
Jar City
Cop Secret
Inga Maria Valdimarsdóttir
The director's sister 2
Also in
101 Reykjavik
Angels of the Universe
Jóhann Sigurðarson
The Bank Manager
Known for
Trapped
Woman at War
Bjarni Ingvarsson
The Farmer
Also in
Movie Days
Story of a Murder
Fridrik Thor Fridriksson Director · Ari Kristinsson Cinematographer Anders Refn Editor
First release January 1, 2010 · Produced in Germany, Iceland, Norway, Sweden · Production Filmhuset Produksjoner, Pandora Filmproduktion
Production
Spellbound Productions
Production
Filmhuset Produksjoner
Production
Pandora Filmproduktion
Production
Berserk Films
Production
SVT
Production
Germany · Iceland · Norway · Sweden
Produced in
Languages
Original language
Icelandic
Spoken on screen
Icelandic
Release dates
Iceland · January 1, 2010
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
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