Additional information for Mama, which has a domestic theatrical release set for January 18, 2013. The film is being distributed by Universal Pictures and has not yet been rated. Mama has a total running time of 100 minutes.
PG-13
USA
16
Netherlands
15
UK
NC-16
Singapore
15A
Ireland
14A
Canada
15
South Korea
M
Australia
PG-13
Philippines
A
India
15
Sweden
M/16
Portugal
IIB
Hong Kong
14
Brazil
12
France
16
Germany
15
Denmark
16
Switzerland
VM14
Italy
100min
3min
15min
Mama
Brazil
Mama
Greece
Mama
Hungary
Mama
Israel
Mama
Poland
Mama
Turkey
Majka
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Majka
Croatia
Majka
Serbia
Mamá
Chile
Mamá
Mexico
Mamá
Spain
Мама
Bulgaria
Мама
Russia
La madre
Italy
Mamã
Portugal
Mamma
Estonia
January 17, 2013
Singapore
January 17, 2013
Ukraine
January 18, 2013
Bulgaria
January 18, 2013
Canada
January 18, 2013
Turkey
January 18, 2013
USA
February 01, 2013
Mexico
February 06, 2013
Philippines
February 08, 2013
India
February 08, 2013
Spain
February 14, 2013
Kuwait
February 16, 2013
UK
February 22, 2013
Estonia
February 22, 2013
Ireland
February 22, 2013
Pakistan
February 22, 2013
Poland
February 22, 2013
UK
March 01, 2013
Lithuania
March 01, 2013
Panama
March 01, 2013
Romania
March 07, 2013
Argentina
March 07, 2013
Croatia
March 07, 2013
Netherlands
March 07, 2013
Portugal
March 07, 2013
Russia
March 07, 2013
Serbia
March 08, 2013
Taiwan
March 14, 2013
Australia
March 14, 2013
Czech Republic
March 14, 2013
Hong Kong
March 21, 2013
Italy
March 22, 2013
Finland
April 03, 2013
Sweden
April 04, 2013
Israel
April 05, 2013
Brazil
April 05, 2013
Norway
April 18, 2013
Austria
April 18, 2013
Germany
April 19, 2013
Austria
May 03, 2013
Ecuador
May 08, 2013
Belgium
May 09, 2013
Chile
May 10, 2013
Iceland
May 15, 2013
France
May 29, 2013
Hungary
June 20, 2013
Denmark
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Annabel and Lucas are faced with the challenge of raising his young nieces that were left alone in the forest for 5 years.... but how alone were they?
A man kills several of his business partners and his estranged ex-wife, then runs away with his children: a young Victoria and baby Lilly. After speeding on a remote, snowy road, he crashes into the woods and takes the children to an abandoned cabin he wanders upon nearby. Realizing the mistakes he has made, he prepares to commit murder suicide but at the last moment is killed by a strange figure in the cabin. Victoria looks at the figure but only sees a blur as her glasses were broken in the crash.Five years later, their Uncle Lucas (Nikolaj Coster-Waldau) and his girlfriend Annabel (Jessica Chastain) have been madly searching for his brother and nieces using the inheritance of his brother. The searchers stumble upon the crashed car and find the two children in the cabin. In this time, they have become completely like animals, with Victoria physically shielding Lilly in a defensive stance to the intruders. They are put under the care of a psychiatrist, Dr. Dreyfuss. There is a legal dispute over custody of the children between Lucas and a rich aunt on the childrens' mother's side, while the court questions the ability of Lucas and Annabel to raise the children in a small apartment with little income given their special needs. Dr. Dreyfuss agrees to recommend Lucas and Annabel as the childrens' legal guardians as long as they agree to move into a special home used to perform case studies, knowing that he would not be able to monitor their progress if their aunt, who lives on the other side of the country, were to obtain custody.It quickly becomes apparent that the strange figure, who the children repeatedly refer to as "Mama", is in the new home with the children. Her history is given throughout the movie through a combination of dreams Anabelle has (induced by Mama), research by Dr. Dreyfuss, and conversations with Victoria. "Mama" was a former patient at a mental asylum in the 1800's; her appearance and simple actions imply she had Down Syndrome, though this is never officially stated. She breaks out of the asylum and stabs a nun who had taken Mama's baby (also named Lily) into her care then steals the baby back. Chased by the authorities, she ends up at the edge of a cliff overlooking the lake; seeing no other path, she jumps and hits a tree branch on the way down. While Mama fell into the lake, the baby (killed by the impact) was stuck to the tree trunk and was recovered by the pursuers. Mama becomes a ghost, twisted by the sad emotions of not knowing where her child is (she is unaware of why the baby was not in the lake with her). This causes her to take a form of physically being twisted, with body parts askew and many joints bending the wrong way. She searched the woods for centuries trying to find her baby, until she stumbled upon Victoria and Lily about to be killed in the cabin, and began taking care of the children as her own.Mama's presence is generally signaled by black butterflies and electrical problems. She plays with the children but hides from sight of anyone else; Victoria always takes off her glasses when she looks at Mama and tells Dr. Dreyfuss she won't come where she can be seen. Early in the movie, Lucas is pushed down the stairs by Mama and ends up in a coma. This forces Annabel, who does not want the children, to take care of them. Over time, Victoria becomes more like a normal child, but Lilly retains her animalistic nature; this is attributed to the fact that Victoria was older and thus had socially developed before their abandonment in the woods. Over time, Annabel becomes attached to the children, and later, Victoria begins to prefer her over Mama, but Lilly still remains completely loyal to Mama. Annabel becomes aware there is something wrong and that Mama may indeed be real. Victoria worries for her safety, saying Mama gets very jealous.Dr. Dreyfuss begins to believe the stories of Mama, first because Victoria is able to tell stories with information she shouldn't be able to know, and later because he actually sees Mama. In the course of the investigation, he obtains custody of the corpse of Mama's baby. Dr. Dreyfuss comes to believe that Mama is located in the cabin in the woods and goes to investigate but is killed by Mama there. The aunt believes Annabel is abusing the children (due to bruises Lilly has from her animalistic tendencies) and begins to spy on the house for proof. Lucas has a dream induced by his dead brother while in a coma, asking him to save his children and pointing him to a location in the woods. Annabel visits Dr. Dreyfuss's office after another supernatural night at the house but finds out he is missing; she steals his objects related to the case. At this point, she learns of the aspects of the case which the doctor had found out about and finds the baby's corpse. At the same time, Mama becomes angry and attacks the children and Annabel; Victoria tries hard to defend Annabel and pleads for Mama to stop, but Lilly is still clearly loyal to Mama. Annabel is knocked out, but at the last moment the aunt breaks into the house and has her body possessed by Mama. Mama uses this body to take the children to the cabin.Annabel wakes up, grabs the baby's corpse, and drives to the lake, finding Lucas along the way, who has left the hospital and gone to the site his brother told him about in his coma dream. They arrive at the cabin, finding the aunt's corpse but neither Lilly nor Victoria. Annabel sees the cliff that Mama had originally jumped from; remembering the warning that ghosts are twisted souls doomed to repeat their mistakes, she realizes Mama's intentions to jump off the cliff with the children. Lucas and Annabel arrive in time to stop the children from jumping, but Mama attacks them. The assault is stopped when Mama finds her baby's corpse, begins crying, and prepares to jump off the cliff with it, her twisted appearance reverting to a more human one. However, as they are leaving, Lilly shouts to Mama and she regains her twisted appearance and attacks again, knocking out Lucas. She grabs the kids and walks to the edge of the cliff. Annabel tries desparately to stop Mama, eventually beaten to the point that she can only hold onto Victoria. Once at the edge of the cliff, Victoria tries to convince Lilly not to go, and Lilly cries that Lilly, Victoria, and Mama should all be together. Mama jumps off the cliff with just Lilly, and upon hitting the branch, Mama and Lilly turn into a shower of butterflies. The movie ends with Victoria realizing that one of the butterflies watching over her is in fact Lilly, perhaps referencing a ghostly regret of Victoria not going with her.
Andrés Muschietti
Director(s)
Neil Cross
Andrés Muschietti
Barbara Muschietti
Andrés Muschietti
Barbara Muschietti
Writer(s)
J. Miles Dale
producer
Guillermo del Toro
executive producer
Cristina Lera Gracia
associate producer (as Cristina Lera)
Barbara Muschietti
producer
Producer(s)
Fernando Velázquez
Composer(s)
Annabel
Jessica Chastain
Lucas / Jeffrey
Nikolaj Coster-Waldau
Victoria
Megan Charpentier
Lilly
Isabelle Nélisse
Dr. Dreyfuss
Daniel Kash
Mama
Javier Botet
Jean Podolski / Mama (Voice)
Jane Moffat
Young Victoria
Morgan McGarry
Burnsie
David Fox
Ron
Dominic Cuzzocrea
Cop
Christopher Marren
Nina
Julia Chantrey
Judge
Ray Kahnert
Louise
Diane Gordon
Young Cop
Matthew Edison
Young Lilly
Maya Dawe
Young Lilly
Sierra Dawe
Annabel's Bandmate
Nick Hall
Annabel's Bandmate
Joey Proulx
Beautiful Mama / Skinny Woman
Hannah Cheesman
Dr. Dreyfuss' Secretary
Elva Mai Hoover
Nun (as Pamela Susan Farrauto)
Pamela Farrauto
Nun 2
Chrys Hobbs
Mama (voice)
Laura Guiteras
Mama (voice)
Melina Matthews
Orphaned Girl (uncredited)
Sydney Cross
Orphaned Boy #2 (uncredited)
Tyler Curnew
Orphaned Boy (uncredited)
Jayden Greig
Lawyer for Jean Podolski (uncredited)
Kevin Kirkham
Director(s)
Andrés Muschietti
Barbara Muschietti
Andrés Muschietti
Barbara Muschietti
Writer(s)
producer
Guillermo del Toro
executive producer
Cristina Lera Gracia
associate producer (as Cristina Lera)
Barbara Muschietti
producer
Producer(s)
Composer(s)
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