Mama (2013 film)

Mama is a 2013 Spanish-Canadian supernatural horror-fantasy film based on the 2008 Argentina short film Mamá. The film deals with the story of two young girls abandoned in a forest cabin, fostered by an unknown entity that they fondly call "Mama", which eventually follows them to their new suburban home after their uncle retrieves them.
 * Directed by Andrés Muschietti. Screenplay by Neil Cross, Andrés Muschietti, and Bárbara Muschietti.  Story by Andrés Muschietti and Bárbara Muschietti, and based on Mamá'' by Andrés Muschietti.

A mother's love is forever. (tagline)

Jeffrey Desange

 * You know, moms and dads, they try real hard, but sometimes they mess things up. You know Daddy loves you, right?

Dr. Gerald Dreyfuss

 * I'm not a religious person, but I do believe there's a place for human remains, and it's not on a shelf in a government building.
 * November 3. The seventh session was more than revealing.  I think I have found a door, a passage, that connects Helvetia and the Desange's house.  There is no rational explanation that supports this theory, but it is only the ability to embrace a different reality that makes science expand beyond the limits of what we know.  However, extraordinary claims require extraordinary proof.  I now feel closer than ever to the real subject of my research.  I will come back from Clifton Forge with an answer.

Dialogue

 * Lucas: So, how's it been, life as a single mom?
 * Annabel: It's great!
 * Lucas: Yeah?
 * Annabel: [whispering]  It's terrible; they hate me.
 * Lucas: [whispering]  They don't hate you.
 * Annabel: They hate me.
 * Lucas: They don't hate you.
 * Annabel: So easy for you to say.  You're like the cool uncle.
 * Lucas: I am the cool uncle. What?  What is it, Annie?
 * Annabel: Just get well soon so you can come home and clean up their mess, please.
 * Lucas: You sure that's it?
 * Annabel: Yeah.

Cast

 * Jessica Chastain as Annabel
 * Nikolaj Coster-Waldau as Lucas Desange / Jeffrey Desange
 * Megan Charpentier as Victoria Desange
 * Morgan McGarry as Young Victoria
 * Isabelle Nélisse as Lilly
 * Maya and Sierra Dawe as Young Lilly
 * Daniel Kash as Dr. Gerald Dreyfuss
 * Javier Botet as Mama
 * Laura Guiteras as Mama (Voice)
 * Melina Matthews as Mama (Voice)
 * Hannah Cheesman as Beautiful Mama / Edith Brennan
 * Jane Moffat as Jean Podolski / Mama (Voice)
 * David Fox as Burnsie
 * Julia Chantrey as Nina
 * Elva Mai Hoover as Secretary
 * Dominic Cuzzocrea as Ron
 * Diane Gordon as Louise