Mammoth (2009)

Director:

Lukas Moodysson

Writer:

Lukas Moodysson (screenplay)

Release Date:

23 January 2009 (Sweden)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

While on a trip to Thailand, a successful American businessman tries to radically change his life. Back in New York, his wife and daughter find their relationship with their live-in Filipino maid changing around them. At the same time, in the Philippines, the maid's family struggles to deal with her absence.

Plot Keywords:

Maid | Thailand | Businessman | Nanny | Filipino Maid

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Gael García Bernal	...	Leo Vidales
Michelle Williams	...	Ellen Vidales
Marife Necesito	...	Gloria
Sophie Nyweide	...	Jackie Vidales
Thomas McCarthy	...	Bob
Natthamonkarn Srinikornchot	...	Cookie (as Run Srinikornchot)
Jan David G. Nicdao	...	Salvador
Martin Delos Santos	...	Manuel
Maria Esmeralda del Carmen	...	Grandmother
Perry Dizon	...	Uncle Fernando
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Rudina Hatipi	...	Linda - Air hostess

Also Known As:

Mammut (Denmark) (Sweden)

Runtime:

USA:125 min

Country:

Sweden | Denmark | Germany

Language:

English | Tagalog | Thai

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital

Certification:

Sweden:15 | Netherlands:12

Filming Locations:

Koh Lanta, Krabi, Thailand

Company:

Memfis Film

Soundtrack:

Destroy Everything You Touch

A "big" movie with Moodysson's style intact

Having seen most of his work, you can really recognize a Moodysson movie by its intimacy, its details and the complex characters, reflecting how the world is big yet small, sad yet full of joy and contemplating about what a family really is made of. Mammoth shows personal life in a big perspective, a "butterfly effect", revolving around parents' love for their children and the sadness their separation causes. The dialogue carries much symbolism, and using the whole world as his scene the director shows us how everything is tied together.

Definitely Moodysson's best effort yet, Gael Garcia Bernal knows to choose good movies to star.