Mamma Gógó

Mamma Gógó

90 mins | Drama, Comedy | Jan. 1, 2010

Mamma Gógó is about Gógó, an elderly lady, who is diagnosed with Alzheimer disease and her son’s and family’s reaction to her illness. While Gógó is continuously getting herself into trouble, of the kind only a person with Alzheimer can, the son, the director, is struggling with financial troubles after his film Children of Nature has flopped in the cinema. As Gógó‘s disease progresses her family decides that it is best for her to move to a nursing home. Gógó and her deceased husband, who appears on the scene, are not happy with that decision. The director is dependent on others when it comes to his finances and when Gógó settles into the nursing home he decides to sell his mother’s apartment and valuable artwork but the profits of the sale help him to get by.

Mamma Gógó

90 mins | Drama, Comedy | Jan. 1, 2010

Mamma Gógó
Mamma Gógó is about Gógó, an elderly lady, who is diagnosed with Alzheimer disease and her son’s and family’s reaction to her illness. While Gógó is continuously getting herself into trouble, of the kind only a person with Alzheimer can, the son, the director, is struggling with financial troubles after his film Children of Nature has flopped in the cinema. As Gógó‘s disease progresses her family decides that it is best for her to move to a nursing home. Gógó and her deceased husband, who appears on the scene, are not happy with that decision. The director is dependent on others when it comes to his finances and when Gógó settles into the nursing home he decides to sell his mother’s apartment and valuable artwork but the profits of the sale help him to get by.
IMDb rating 6.5
Producers Pandora Filmproduktion, SVT, Filmhuset Produksjoner, Berserk Films, Hughrif / Spellbound Productions
Original title Mamma Gógó
Directors Friðrik Þór Friðriksson
Writers Friðrik Þór Friðriksson

Cast

Kristbjörg Kjeld

as Mamma Gógó

Hilmir Snær Guðnason

as The director

Gunnar Eyjólfsson

as Gógó's deceased husband

Margrét Vilhjálmsdóttir

as The director's wife

Ólafía Hrönn Jónsdóttir

as The director's Sister 1

Inga Maria Valdimarsdóttir

as The director's sister 2

Jóhann Sigurðarson

as The Bank Manager

Bjarni Ingvarsson

as The Farmer