Mammoth (2009)

User Rating:

7.3/10   

Director:

Lukas Moodysson

Writer:

Lukas Moodysson (screenplay)

Release Date:

23 January 2009 (Sweden)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

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.

Plot Keywords:

Thailand | Filipino Maid | Philippines | Businessman | Motherhood

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Maria Esmeralda del Carmen	...	Grandmother
Perry Dizon	...	Uncle Fernando
Gael García Bernal	...	Leo Vidales
Rudina Hatipi	...	Linda - Air hostess
Thomas McCarthy	...	Bob
Marife Necesito	...	Gloria
Jan David G. Nicdao	...	Salvador
Sophie Nyweide	...	Jackie Vidales
Martin Delos Santos	...	Manuel
Natthamonkarn Srinikornchot	...	Cookie (as Run Srinikornchot)
Michelle Williams	...	Allison Gould
Eliezer Meyer	...	Man with Shopping Bag (uncredited)

Directed by
Lukas Moodysson

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Lukas Moodysson		screenplay

Produced by
Lene Børglum	....	co-executive producer
Maria Dahlin	....	assistant producer
Malte Forsell	....	line producer
Peter Garde	....	executive producer
Peter Aalbæk Jensen	....	co-producer
Lars Jönsson	....	producer
Maria Köpf	....	co-producer
Oli Laperal Jr.	....	line producer: Philippines
Vibeke Windeløv	....	executive producer

Cinematography by
Marcel Zyskind

Film Editing by
Michal Leszczylowski

Casting by
Avy Kaufman
Jesper Kurlandsky

Production Design by
Josefin Åsberg

Art Direction by
Josefin Åsberg

Costume Design by
Denise Östholm

Makeup Department
Linda Boije af Gennäs	....	key makeup artist
Love Larson	....	special makeup effects artist
Oskar Wallroth	....	assistant makeup effects artist
Ande Yung	....	hair stylist: New York City
Ande Yung	....	makeup artist: New York City

Production Management
Awel Galang	....	production manager: Philippines
Izabela Muchlinski	....	production supervisor: NYC
Chidchanok Plodripu	....	production supervisor: Thailand
Anita Tesler	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Andy Andico	....	second asisstant director
Erwin Aton	....	third assistant director
Nicholas R. Bell	....	second second assistant director: New York
Steve Litwitz	....	second assistant director
James Velasquez	....	first assistant director

Art Department
Jade Healy	....	set decorator: New York
Henrietta Sterner	....	assistant property master
Chris Trujillo	....	leadman: New York

Sound Department
Holger Lehmann	....	sound re-recording mixer

Visual Effects by
Chris Gelles	....	visual effects executive producer: & Company
Sarah K. Hellström	....	visual effects coordinator
Andreas Hylander	....	compositor
David Isyomin	....	visual effects supervisor: & Company
Mathias Larserud	....	visual effects
Linus Lindbalk	....	visual effects
Emelie Nilsson	....	visual effects
Sean Wheelan	....	visual effects producer

Camera and Electrical Department
Butch Abrillo	....	best boy grip
Roher Cenicero	....	camera grip
Gerry Dano	....	gaffer: Philippines
Renato Entice	....	grip
Dennis Golem	....	best boy electric
David Gylje	....	second assistant camera
Hector Javillonar	....	video assist
Martin Pålsheden	....	electrician
Rey Sales	....	generator operator: Philippines
Nate Slevin	....	additional second assistant camera: New York
Simon Tindall	....	focus puller

Casting Department
Abbe Hassan	....	extras casting
Avy Kaufman	....	casting: US/UK
Jesper Kurlandsky	....	casting: Thailand/Philippines
Christine Nelson	....	extras casting
Lucy Pho	....	extras casting assistant
Rita Powers	....	extras casting
Sean Powers	....	extras casting
Luis Sanchez-Cañete	....	extras casting
Niklas Siöström	....	extras casting assistant
Julie Ysla	....	casting supervisor: Philippines

Other crew
Lillie Aleksandrov	....	script supervisor
Rikard Andersson	....	production assistant
Andrea F. Cannistraci	....	legal services
Charlie Crowell	....	assistant location manager
Danielle Davis	....	craft service: New York
Patrick Eaton	....	production assistant
Peter Gustafsson	....	film consultant
Justin Halstead	....	production assistant
Lena Hansson	....	film consultant (as Lena Hansson-Varhegyi)
Theis Jessen	....	director assistant
Oskar Johansson	....	production assistant
Hanne Lassgård	....	production intern
Hans Lönnerheden	....	completion guarantor
Tess Marin	....	production coordinator: Philippines
Keith Marlin	....	set production assistant: New York
Marty Masse	....	assistant production coordinator: Philippines
Elmer Santos	....	assistant location manager: Philippines
Luke Tomalin Sherman	....	key production assistant: New York
Criz Soriano	....	location manager: Philippines
Samantha Treiber	....	set production assistant: new york
Emmanuel Vozos	....	set location assistant

Production Companies

• Memfis Film
• Film i Väst (co-production)
• Pain Unlimited GmbH Filmproduktion (co-production)
• Sveriges Television (SVT) (co-production)
• TV2 Danmark (co-production)
• Zentropa Entertainments (co-production)
• Zentropa International Berlin (co-production)

Distributors

• A-Film Distribution (2009) (Belgium) (theatrical)
• A-Film Distribution (2009) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Budapest Film (2009) (Hungary) (theatrical)
• Filmcoopi Zürich (2009) (Switzerland) (theatrical)
• Filmladen (2009) (Austria) (theatrical)
• Svensk Filmindustri (SF) (2009) (Sweden) (theatrical)
• IFC Films (2009) (USA) (all media)
• KinoVista (2009) (France) (all media)
• Seven Films (2009) (Greece) (all media)

Special Effects

• & Company
• Filmgate

Other Companies

• Det Danske Filminstitut  funding
• Eurimages  funding
• Filmförderungsanstalt (FFA)  funding
• Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg  funding
• Nordisk Film- & TV-Fond  funding
• Svenska Filminstitutet (SFI)  funding

Also Known As:

Mammut (Denmark) (Sweden)

Runtime:

125 min

Country:

Sweden | Denmark | Germany

Language:

English | Tagalog | Thai

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital

Certification:

Sweden:15

Filming Locations:

Koh Lanta, Krabi Province, Thailand

Company:

Memfis Film

Soundtrack:

Destroy Everything You Touch

the long black wait

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.