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Our Mother's House

Our Mother's House

Drama · Thriller · 1967

Seven children bury their mother and hide her death - until their long-lost father returns.

Movie details

Our Mother's House

“The children's story that is not for children...”

1967 Drama · Thriller 1h 45m

Critical arithmetic

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TMDB

7.2 / 10

Community rating

Seven children bury their mother and hide her death - until their long-lost father returns.

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What this film says about your taste.

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The archetype split

Who fights over Our Mother's House?

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Jack Clayton

Written by

Jeremy Brooks · Haya Harareet

Dirk Bogarde

Dirk Bogarde

Charlie Hook

Margaret Leclere

Margaret Leclere

Elsa (as Margaret Brooks)

Pamela Franklin

Pamela Franklin

Diana

Louis Sheldon Williams

Louis Sheldon Williams

Hubert

J

John Gugolka

Dunston

Mark Lester

Mark Lester

Jiminee

Phoebe Nicholls

Phoebe Nicholls

Gerty (as Sarah Nicholls)

Court is in session

Put Our Mother's House on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Prestige Tourist

“Form is the argument.”

Every composed frame and deliberate cut is evidence that control can be thrilling in its own right.

The prosecution The Popcorn Loyalist

“Technique in search of a pulse.”

Immaculate construction is still construction. The film may be too busy proving its craft to feel alive.