Synopse
A film director's personal journey experiencing his mother's disappearance into the Alzheimer disease, a film with essential Fridriksson's ingredients, humor, compassion and strong visual style. 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.
Regie
Friđrik ??r Friđriksson (*1971)is the most wellknown film director fromIceland. His film Children of Nature wasnominated for an oscar in 1992.
Info
Original Title: Mamma Gógó
Category: Feature
Section: Eurovisuell
Version & Subtitles: Icelandic OV
Director: Fridrik Thor Fridriksson, Friðrik Þór Friðriksson
Screenplay: Friðrik Þór Friðriksson
Cast/Protagonists: Kristbjörg Kjeld, Hilmir Snær Guðnason, Gunnar Eyjólfsson, Margrét Vilhjálmsdóttir
Production country: United Kingdom (Great Britain), Germany, Norway, Sweden, Iceland
Year of Production: 2010
Length: 90 min
Producer: Friðrik Þór Friðriksson, Guðrún Edda Þórhannesdóttir
Production company: Spellbound Productions
Cinematography: Ari Kristinsson
Editor: Anders Refn, Sigvaldi J. Kárason
Music: Hilmar Örn Hilmarsson
Production Design: Árni Páll Jóhannsson
World Sales: Thorsten Ritter, Bavaria Film International
