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Mammoth (2009) -- Leo (Bernal) is a web entrepreneur on a business trip to Thailand. When his life takes an unplanned turn, the ripples reach back to his family in New York City, where his wife (Williams) and daughter have a close relationship with their Filipino nanny (Necesito).
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Lukas Moodysson (screenplay)
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Release Date:
23 January 2009 (Sweden) more
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While on a trip to Thailand, a successful American businessman tries to radically change his life. Back in New York, his wife and daughter find their relationship with their live-in Filipino maid changing around them. At the same time, in the Philippines, the maid's family struggles to deal with her absence. full summary | full synopsis
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Movie Review: Mammoth
 (From MovieRetriever. 20 November 2009, 10:29 AM, PST)

Lukas Moodysson's Mammoth Undertaking
 (From IFC. 20 November 2009, 9:24 AM, PST)

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Cast

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Gael García Bernal ... Leo Vidales

Michelle Williams ... Ellen Vidales

Marife Necesito ... Gloria

Sophie Nyweide ... Jackie Vidales
Thomas McCarthy ... Bob
Natthamonkarn Srinikornchot ... Cookie (as Run Srinikornchot)
Jan David G. Nicdao ... Salvador
Martin Delos Santos ... Manuel
Maria Esmeralda del Carmen ... Grandmother
Perry Dizon ... Uncle Fernando
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Rudina Hatipi ... Linda - Air hostess
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Also Known As:
Mammut (Denmark) (Sweden)
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Runtime:
USA:125 min
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the long black wait, 19 January 2009
8/10
Author: mathias-43 from Sweden

Now that Moodysson is back from the grave (oh, but what a fine grave it was) there is ridiciously high hopes for this first international production. It usually takes about five to fifteen minutes before I get tangled up in his movies, this time though it toke almost half an hour. Mammoth is of course more complex, with much more going on at the same time in different parts of the world, than his other works. Or not more complex, maybe just wider. Nevermind; it's a fine piece of cinema, great storytelling and speaks grimly to us about the world we're raping, the time we're wasting and the people suffering becaurse of our western lifestyles. Mostly it's about the children who are crushed in the middle of our lost struggle to make a life, buy more stuff or just to survive. Does that make sense? The movie does, in a sad way.

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