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Werner Herzog

My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done

Film still from MY SON, MY SON, WHAT HAVE YE DONE: Three people at the dining table. An older woman is standing, holding a plate in her hand and pointing with her other hand to something outside the frame.
© Lena Herzog

Sun 05.02.
20:00

  • Director

    Werner Herzog

  • USA, Germany / 2009
    91 min. / Blu-ray / Original version with German subtitles

  • with

    Michael Shannon, Willem Dafoe, Chloë Sevigny

  • Original language

    English

  • Cinema

    Arsenal 1

    zu den Ticketszu dem Kalender

Herzog wrote the script together with Herbert Golder based on an authentic case. Eric Basset, David Lynch’s producer, took on the production of the film. According to Herzog, his films and Lynch’s ones “don’t speak to, but rather dance with one another”. But some things here can indeed be grasped as quotes, the characters often come across as slightly off-kilter – particularly the mother (Grace Zabriskie), who doesn’t tire of serving wobbly jelly even though nobody likes it. Michael Shannon’s performance as the confused son who becomes a murderer exudes a disturbing charisma from the very beginning. 

Funded by:

  • Logo Minister of State for Culture and the Media