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Mutter: The Diary of a Mother

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On the fog-drenched Black Sea coast, a woman gives birth to a being that defies nature. As her body and mind begin to unravel, love becomes both her devotion and her disease. MUTTER is an intimate fever dream of motherhood, grief, and transformation -- a modern folk parable where tenderness and terror share the same frame.

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Olga Artemyeva ScreenAnarchy Jun 23
Like in many creature movies, the real subject is, of course, love -- the kind that often ends in blood but is profound, wonderfully weird, and beautiful nevertheless. Go to Full Review Dave Giannini Geek Vibes Nation Jun 22
8/10
Mutter: The Diary of a Mother is not for the faint of heart. It is relentlessly bleak, with almost no moments of kindness Go to Full Review Michael Gingold Rue Morgue Magazine Jun 12
MUTTER is mostly a despairing yet riveting drama for a good portion of its running time, before...it also delivers the goods as a genre piece. Go to Full Review Daniel Kurland Bloody Disgusting Jun 8
3.5/5
Alphan Eseli’s Mutter is a modern folk horror film on motherhood that explore separation anxiety, legacy, and transformative grief through a surreal lens that also succeeds as a one-of-a-kind creature feature. Go to Full Review Ygraine Hackett-Cantabrana What a Scream Podcast Jun 8
5/5
Mutter: The Diary of a Mother is an extensively intelligent and gripping exploration of the pain behind a mother’s eyes. Go to Full Review Norman Gidney HorrorBuzz Jun 8
8/10
An unrelenting piece of work. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

Cast & Crew

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Alphan Eseli

Director

Hazar Ergüçlü

Actor

Güven Kiraç

Actor

Erdeniz Kurucan

Actor

Ulvi Kahyaoglu

Actor

Cansu Firinci

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Movie Info

Synopsis On the fog-drenched Black Sea coast, a woman gives birth to a being that defies nature. As her body and mind begin to unravel, love becomes both her devotion and her disease. MUTTER is an intimate fever dream of motherhood, grief, and transformation -- a modern folk parable where tenderness and terror share the same frame.
Director
Alphan Eseli
Producer
Alphan Eseli, Omer Atay
Screenwriter
Alphan Eseli
Production Co
Seventyfour Films
Genre
Drama, Horror, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language
Turkish