Mammoth ( Mammut )

Mammoth (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Mammut
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Berlin International Film Festival

Language Selections:
Danish ( Subtitles )
English ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )
English ( Subtitles )
Finnish ( Subtitles )
Norwegian ( Subtitles )
Swedish ( Subtitles )
Vietnamese ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )

Product Origin/Format:
Sweden ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
120 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (2.35:1)

Special Features:
Anamorphic Widescreen
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 2009 and produced in:
Denmark ( Scandinavia, Iceland )
Germany ( Germany, Central Europe )
Sweden ( Scandinavia, Iceland )

Directed By:
Lukas Moodysson

Written By:
Lukas Moodysson

Actors:
Maria Esmeralda del Carmen ..... Grandmother
Perry Dizon ..... Uncle Fernando
Gael García Bernal ..... Leo Vidales
Rudina Hatipi ..... Linda - Air hostess
Thomas McCarthy ..... Bob
Marife Necesito ..... Gloria
Jan David G. Nicdao ..... Salvador
Sophie Nyweide ..... Jackie Vidales
Martin Delos Santos ..... Manuel
Michelle Williams ..... Ellen Vidales
Eliezer Meyer ..... Man with Shopping Bag (uncredited)
Natthamonkarn Srinikornchot ..... Cokkie

Synopsis:

Leo and Ellen are a successful New York couple, totally immersed in their work. Leo is the creator of a booming website, and has stumbled into a world of money and big decisions. Ellen is a dedicated emergency surgeon who devotes her long shifts to saving lives. Their eight-year-old daughter Jackie (Sophie Nyweide) spends most of her time with her Filipino nanny Gloria; even when Ellen has time for her, Jackie often prefers to be with Gloria.Gloria has two children of her own, young boys staying in the Philippines with their grandmother. The older boy tries to find a job so that Gloria does not have to work abroad, but he gets hurt. Gloria is informed and quits her job right away to return to her country.Leo travels to Thailand to sign a contract, but in Thailand it turns out that his colleague has to negotiate additionally. In the meantime Leo is bored. There are attractive women offering themselves to him, but at first he does not want sex, and even pays a prostitute for not having sex with any client one evening. Later he has sex with a local women after all, but he regrets it afterwards, and has his colleague accept the terms offered, so that they can finish the work and return to the US.

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.

Drama. Dramatic changes happen to a US family when the husband goes on a business trip to Thailand and decides to radically alter his life, the wife and daughter's relationship with the live-in Filipino made starts to change and the maid's family in the Philippines struggle to cope with her abscence.

This product was added to our catalog on Thursday 10 December, 2009.

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