My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done

Director: Werner Herzog

Writer: Herbert Golder, Werner Herzog

Cast: Michael Shannon, Willem Dafoe, Chloe Sevigny, Udo Kier, Michael Pena

Country: US/Germany

Theatrical Release Date: December 11, 2009

Synopsis: My Son, My Son is based on a harrowing true story. The cop of the tale, Hank, is called to a bungalow in a respectable San Diego neighbourhood where a man named Brad has barricaded himself in his house and taken two hostages. Across the street, Brad's mother lies dead, found sprawled in a pool of blood, the victim of a sword wound. The son is suspected of the murder. As Hank uneasily prowls the sunlit street outside the bungalow, a string of Brad's friends arrive on the scene, among them his girlfriend and a director pal. Slowly the bizarre pieces of the story are placed in front of the cop, who tries to make sense of it all. Not only has the suspected murderer never been the same since he returned from a kayaking trip to Peru, but he also seems to be suffering from a strange mother complex. To deepen the psychosis even further, Brad has been rehearsing one of Sophocles' plays that has a lot to do with mothers! [Synopsis courtesy of TIFF]

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