Mama

Synopsis: The senior partner of an investment brokerage, Jeffrey Desange, has a breakdown due to a financial collapse and kills several co-workers and his estranged wife. He then kidnaps his two young daughters, Victoria 3 and Lilly just 1. He drives his car recklessly through a winding snow covered road. He loses control of his car and drives off an embankment. He finds an abandoned and isolated cabin where he plans to kill his daughters, but the children are saved by a dark ghostly image. After five years of searching and depleting his savings, Jeffrey's twin brother, Lucas, finds the children that were raised without social interaction and claim that they have been raised by 'Mama'. Lucas disputes the custody with the children's Great Aunt but Dr. Dreyfuss, who is working with the girls, helps Lucas get custody of the girls so that he can still have access to them. Lucas, his girlfriend Annabel, Victoria and Lilly move into a house provided by the institute that Dr. Dreyfuss works for. Lucas
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Director(s): Andy Muschietti
Production: Universal Pictures
  11 wins & 18 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.2
Metacritic:
57
Rotten Tomatoes:
65%
PG-13
Year:
2013
100 min
$71,588,220
Website
2,125 Views


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There's one word to describe what's happening,

and that word is... / i

"Panic" / i

And of course this comes with unthinkable

irrational behavior, / i

the crash of 29, 1987 Black Monday

came with tragic suicides and murders, / i

..this collapse is no exception. / i

Just one hour ago.. / i

as the market were opening, 2 partners at CapVA

Holding were shot at the troubled company's headquarters.

Senior partner, Laura Muller,

died on site. / i

An analyst, Albert Bernard,

is in critical condition./ i

Jeffrey Desange, also Senior partner, was in the office

at the time of the shooting and is now gone missing./ i

I'm sorry, we, we gotta go, sweetheart.

Isn't Mommy taking me to school?

Mommy's not feeling well.

Hurry. Put on your glasses. Come on.

Let's go.

Daddy, where're we going?

I don't know.

F***.

You're driving too fast.

- Daddy, you're driving too..

- Shut up!

Sorry, excuse me.

- Hey, buddy, you wanna get behind the tape?

- I'm family. I'm Lucas Desange.

You called me. Someone called me.

Detective or something?

- You live here?

- No, my brother lives here.

What's going on?

Where is Jeff?

Are the girls okay?

Where are the girls?

Sir, just hang on, all right?

Just wait here.

Jesus Christ.

..Jeffrey Desange apparently shot 2 of his partners

to death before going on to murder his estranged wife. / i

And kidnapped his two daughters,

age three and one. / i

It's okay. It's okay.

Come on.

Daddy, are we there yet?

My glasses are broken.

- What is it?

- It's okay.

Helvetia

- It's all right, come here.

- There's someone inside.

Now!

Come on, come on..

Daddy, there's a woman outside.

She's not touching the floor.

- Why are you crying?

- Because I'm sad, honey.

Why are you sad?

You know, Mom and Dad they..

They tried real hard. But sometimes

they messed things up.

You know Daddy loves you, right?

I can't see.

What's that?

Look honey, there..

Daddy?

Daddy?

Daddy?

Daddy?

Look, Lilly. A cherry.

Burnsie, where are you guys, then?

Well, we're gonna to have a another

look around sector 1-7-12-33.

- That's the mountain road, right?

- Uhuh.

Gas station..

Road to the Paulson Pass..

- This is good.

- Oh, God. I hate to do this.

- Do what?

- The last payment didn't clear.

Well, uh.. I'll check on that.

Don't worry about that. Things go down.

All right. I'll work on that

and get back to you./ i

"Not Pregnant"

Thank you, good bye. / i

Thank you, God.

Sweet!

- That was Burnsie on the phone?

- Yup.

What is his next move?

Is he gonna search sector lousy alpha?

Hey, guess who's not pregnant?

What is wrong with you?

Last payment didn't clear.

- Is there a problem with the bank, or..

- The money's gone.

- I pick B.

- That is the correct answer.

Look, babe..

It's your brother. You wanna spend all

your money, and find them, it's okay with me.

It's cheaper than therapy.

- And so am I.

- What..?

I need to go.

- Burnsie!

- What?

Hey, Burnsie!

Jesus Christ!

- You're gonna call him?

- Just give me a minute.

- But we should call, we said we'd call.

- Ronney, shut up.

Just for one minute.

Here you go, Bird.

Take a whiff of that.

Hello?

Ah, yes sir. Yes sir. Yes sir.

It's cherry pits.

Hey, Burnsie!

Burnsie, can we call him now?

- They found them.

- You shitting me.

They found the girls. Alive.

Dr. Gerald Dreyfuss. And you

must be Annabel. / I must be.

Lucas.

How are they?

Well, just let me warn you.

This won't be easy.

We're very fortunate, that Victoria was

old enough to retain much of her vocabulary.

But it's still too early to determine

if this development../ What about the other one?

That's a different story.

Sh*t.

Oh, yeah.

Hey, Victoria.

Is that you, Lilly?

Hey..

No, no, no. It's okay.

It's okay.

I'm not gonna hurt you.

It's okay. It's okay.

I brought something for you.

For your eyes.

When you were a little girl.

You had a pair of these. You remember?

I was gonna put.. That's okay.

Just gonna put them here.

It's okay.

Yeah.

That's it.

Daddy?

Oh, no, no, honey.

Honey, no, I'm not your Daddy.

I'm your Daddy's brother.

Remember Uncle Luke?

Dad?

It's okay.

- Dad?

- It's okay.

Dr. Gerald Dreyfuss, Your Honor.

The girls have been in my care at the Institute.

- Since they were found 87 days ago.

- And how would you define their progress?

Solid, and outstandingly fast.

If I may?

Your Honor, Victoria and Lilly Desange

were found in deplorable conditions.

Isolated, starved.

They feared and distrusted all physical contact.

Their emotional growth was

clearly compromised by their abandonment.

In order to survive such extreme isolation,

the girls created an imaginary guardian.

A parent figure, to feed them,

sing to them, protect them.

They called her:
"Mama".

Victoria and Lilly have a real chance

to have a normal life, though.

With the right care, physical emotional development,

and much needed love and affection. They'll get better.

Thank you, Dr. Dreyfuss.

Ms. Podolski. Would you care

to address the Court?

Good morning, Your Honor. Jeffrey Desange murdered

my niece. And abandoned his daughters in the forrest.

And now his brother did an extraordinary thing.

Lucas never gave up on his nieces.

But he did it for the girls. Not for himself.

So, if he still has their best interest at heart,

he must know neither his salary, nor his very small

apartment are suitable for the raising of 2 children.

- Let alone, 2 children with a very special needs.

- How many kid did you raise, Jean?

Not as many as you, Lucas.

Of couse she wants the girls, Lucas.

Stand on her shoes first.

She can't just sweep in, and take them.

They are not hers to take.

I'm sure that's not entirely fair.

I'll tell you, what's not fair.

It's not fair is she gets to buy my nieces.

Is that really such a bad thing?

- What?

- Annabel plays in the band..

You draw pictures for a living.

Where do you live? Do you have room for

children in your life? I mean, really..

What are you saying, Gerald?

When it comes to the girls' welfare..

Family Court judge is pretty much

oblige to act on my recommendation.

And right now, I'll be lying if I didn't

say it was a slam dunk for Ms. Podolski.

But the truth is..

I don't want them living on the other

side of the country anymore than you do.

So, we can realy really help each other out

right now. You want the girls..

- I need continued access to them.

- What are we gonna do?

This house, courtesy of the Institute,

is used for case studies. Rent-free.

- You move to the house, you get the girls.

- This is a joke, right?

Mr. Desange, is your brother still alive?

Oh, son of a b*tch.

- Look, Jean..

- No.

I just wanna see them.

That's all.

You'll see them. I mean, you've got

visitation, right? We respect that.

Right now, we need a little space.

Just work on this thing for a while.

Find their feet.

- Okay?

- Excuse me.

October the 26th.

Although she seems collaborative,

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