The Grandmother (1970)

A young boy plants some strange seeds and they grow into a grandmother.

Director:

David Lynch

Writer:

David Lynch

Stars:

Dorothy McGinnis, Richard White, Virginia Maitland

1 win.

Cast

Complete credited cast:
Richard White	...	Boy
Dorothy McGinnis	...	Grandmother
Virginia Maitland	...	Mother
Robert Chadwick	...	Father

Storyline

An imaginative lad of about ten has a couple of problems: he wets his bed, and his parents are abusive and disgusting. In a spare room, he finds a bag of seeds, which he plants in soil that he's placed in the middle of a single bed. The seed sprouts and grows into a grandmother, who's loving and approving. Life with his parents and with his imagination continues. Is a smiling grandmother enough to get him through?

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Plot Keywords:

grandmother | plant | boy | soil | no dialogue | 

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Genres:

Short | Horror

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

July 1970 (USA)

Also Known As:

A Avó

Filming Locations:

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$1,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

American Film Institute (AFI)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

34 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Black and White Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Did You Know?

Connections

Featured in Pretty as a Picture: The Art of David Lynch (1997)

User Reviews

Brilliant neo-surrealism

This film is a must-see for anyone interested in the world of surreal cinema. Combines fascinating visual metaphor with rich, vivid animation to create a disturbing ambience that draws the viewer in, like a fish caught on a hook. The music (provided by a collective of music engineers known as "Tractor") is like a grey canopy that wraps itself over your mind as you find that time and space and your life outside of a cold, flickering living room seem to fade into this backdrop of radioactive multimedia. Make no mistake about it, Lynch is an artist of the highest calibur, and in this gripping work he uses everything in the film as a medium to transmit his imagination to the outside world.

P.S. - If you like Lynch's style, I suggest looking into the films of Alejandro Jodorowsky, Luis Bunuel & Jean Cocteau. All of them brilliant artists in their medium.