I thought it was maybe two months ago at most when we first heard that Irish writer/director Kate Dolan was making her feature debut with the changeling-themed horror film You Are Not My Mother, but turns out that was back in August of last year. Since then, the movie has been receiving a lot of positive attention from festival screenings – and now it has been announced that Magnet Releasing will be bringing You Are Not My Mother to theatres and VOD on March 25th. Along with that news comes the release of a trailer, which you can see in the embed above.
The film has the following synopsis:
It’s the week before Halloween. Char’s bedridden mother, Angela, has mysteriously gone missing. All that remains is her abandoned car parked in the middle of a field. When Angela returns home to their North Dublin estate the following evening without explanation, it becomes clear to Char and her grandmother, Rita, that something is amiss. She might look and sound the same, but Angela’s behavior has become increasingly erratic and frightening, as if she has been replaced by a malevolent force. As Halloween approaches, a night steeped in ancient Irish myth and legend, Char must unearth the dark secrets of her family in order to uncover the truth behind her mother’s disappearance and save her, even if it means potentially losing her forever.
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Hazel Doupe (Float Like a Butterfly), Carolyn Bracken (Dublin Murders), and Jordanne Jones (Metal Heart) star.
You Are Not My Mother was funded through Screen Ireland’s POV funding initiative that “looks to foster distinct Irish female voices”. Deirdre Levins produced the film, with Sophie Green, Stephen Kelliher, Brendan McCarthy, and John McDonnell serving as executive producers.
I have been looking forward to this one ever since I first heard about it, even though I didn’t realize it had been so long. I’ll definitely be checking out You Are Not My Mother. Will you?
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