Mother, Couch movie storyline. While David (McGregor) is at a furniture store with his mother (Burstyn), she pulls the tarp off a covered couch and plops herself down. With a mountain of obligations waiting around the corner, he’s anxious to leave, but she refuses to get up. David’s brother Gruffudd (Ifans, also at the Festival in NYAD) and sister Linda (Flynn Boyle) seem less bothered about the situation, casually tending to matters that seem infuriatingly unimportant.
David becomes pushy while trying his best to be gentle, recognizing that his mother’s odd behaviour may be a sign of psychosis. As he’s forced to take a step back, acquainting himself with the store owner (F. Murray Abraham) and his daughter (Taylor Russell), the stress dream starts to expand around him. Why won’t his mother just tell him what’s wrong? And why were they here in the first place?
Ewan McGregor, Rhys Ifans, Lara Flynn Boyle, and Ellen Burstyn star in this sublime and eccentric story about the grand expanse that parents occupy within our lives and the family that has to come together to help you find your way.
This debut feature by director Niclas Larsson introduces us to his unique voice with a surrealism that builds to an arresting series of images. McGregor gives a penetrating performance, aided by the warmth of the stunning cast, as Mother, Couch reveals itself to be a story about the chaos of those unshakeable moments in one’s life that make you unmoored just long enough to find new land.
Mother, Couch is a 2023 American comedy drama film written and directed by Niclas Larsson. It is based on the 2020 Swedish novel Mamma i soffa by Jerker Virdborg. It stars Ewan McGregor, Rhys Ifans, Taylor Russell, Lara Flynn Boyle, Lake Bell, F. Murray Abraham and Ellen Burstyn.
Mother, Couch had its world premiere at the 2023 Toronto International Film Festival on September 9, 2023. It later screened at the San Sebastián International Film Festival on September 26. In February 2024, Film Movement and Memory acquired US distribution rights to the film. It was released in the United States on July 5, 2024.
Mother, Couch (2024)
Directed by: Niclas Larsson
Starring: Ewan McGregor, Rhys Ifans, Taylor Russell, Ellen Burstyn, Lara Flynn Boyle, Lake Bell, F. Murray Abraham, Penelope Young, Ozzy Davidson, Shelby Lee Parks, Cesar Ramos, Erin Fritch
Screenplay by: Niclas Larsson
Production Design by: Mikael Varhelyi
Cinematography by: Chayse Irvin
Film Editing by: Carla Luffe
Costume Design by: Margaret Robbs
Set Decoration by: Kaili Corcoran
Art Direction by: Emilia Spirito
Music by: Christopher Bear
MPAA Rating: None.
Distributed by: Film Movement, Memory
Release Date: September 9, 2023 (TIFF), July 5, 2024 (United States)
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