2013 - Lk21 Moebius

: Complex, disturbing dynamics between mother, son, and father.

The film revolves around a dysfunctional family of three: a father, a mother, and a teenage son. The narrative is triggered by the mother’s discovery of her husband’s affair. In a fit of psychotic rage, she takes a kitchen knife and attempts to disfigure her husband’s mistress. When she fails, she returns home to take revenge on her husband specifically. However, the son gets in the way, and in a horrific act of displaced anger, the mother castrates her own son. lk21 moebius 2013

1. Introduction