Ewan McGregor & Ellen Burstyn in Odd Comedy ‘Mother, Couch’ Trailer
by Alex Billington
May 10, 2024
Source: YouTube
“You didn’t have to go all crazy just to get the three of us together!” Film Movement has revealed an official trailer for Mother, Couch, a very strange dark comedy from filmmaker Niclas Larsson making his feature directorial debut. This premiered at the 2023 Toronto Film Festival last fall to plenty of mixed reviews, one of the big discoveries from last year’s fest even though critics are divided on it. Three children are brought together when their mother refuses to move from a display couch in a furniture store. Which sends them all on an existential odyssey. TIFF intro adds: 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. The cast also includes F. Murray Abraham, Lake Bell, and Taylor Russell. Reviews state it is “strange, bold, and more dreamlike than I could have anticipated.” All of this sounds strange yet also appealing? I’m particular curious about this film – always intrigued to see how filmmakers try to pull off a unique cinematic concept like this. Give this a look.
Here’s the first official trailer for Niclas Larsson’s film Mother, Couch, direct from FM’s YouTube:
The members of a dysfunctional family find themselves mysteriously trapped in an antiquated furniture store when their elderly matriarch (Ellen Burstyn) suddenly refuses to get up or move from one of their display couches. Reluctantly assembled, her three estranged children – David (Ewan McGregor), Gruffudd (Rhys Ifans), and Linda (Lara Flynn Boyle) – must now figure out how to escape this bizarre predicament. With the help of the two store managers, Marco & Marcus (F. Murray Abraham), and their daughter Bella (Taylor Russell) the three siblings embark on a mind-bending odyssey that forces them to face life-altering truths about their own lives and upbringing. Mother, Couch is written and directed by the young Swedish filmmaker Niclas Larsson, making his feature directorial debut after a few other short films. Produced by Ella Bishop, Alex Black, Sara Murphy, Pau Suris. This initially premiered at the 2023 Toronto Film Festival & San Sebastian Film Festival. Film Movement debuts Larsson’s Mother, Couch in select US theaters – at the Angelika Film Center in NYC on July 5th and the Landmark Nuart in LA on July 12th, 2024. Intrigued?
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