Dirk Bogarde, Margaret Brooks, Pamela Franklin, Louis Sheldon Williams, John Gugolka ...( see more  see more... ) , Mark Lester

When their deeply religious mother dies, the seven Hook children bury her in the garden and continue life as normal. Then their absent father, Charlie, reappears...

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Unrated, 1 hr. 44 min.

Directed by: Jack Clayton

Release Date: October 9, 1967

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  • May 21, 2008
    Six years after directing the brilliantly eerie "The Innocents" Jack Clayton directed the equally eerie "Our Mother's House".
    Seven children hide the death of their religious obsessed Mother and bury her in the garden in order not to be sent to the orphanage. For awhile they ma...( read more)nage by themselves and go about their lives as if their Mother were still alive. They create a shrine for her in the back garden and everyday have "Mother Time" which consists of seances where it seems the mother talks to her children through one of the daughters. This changes when the children's father returns. For a short time a few of the children are convinced by him until secrets are revealed and we have a dramatic ending.
    The main stars of "Our Mother's House" are the excellent cast of children. These include a few familar faces, including Pamela Franklin from "The Innocents" and Mark Lester star of "Oliver", and a few not so familar. Each of the children have their own unique character traits which makes it even more special. The adult actors are also impressive. Dirk Bogarde does a brilliant job as their selfish Cockney father and Yootha Joyce, who is best known for UK sitcoms in the 1970's, is also great.
    You could dispute whether this is actually a horror film but it certainly is very creepy and atmospheric. The cineamatography and score only add to the uneasy feel.
    Finally I just want to say why is this not avaliable on DVD or VHS, it is simpling begging for a proper release! If you do have the time please vote for it to be released on the TCM site.
    A unique, creepy, dreadfully underated British classic. If you ever get the chance to see this rare gem then do.
  • February 14, 2009
    here dirk shows his cleverness as a character actor
  • June 26, 2008
    Siete hermanos miran a su madre muerta en cama. Gracias a la impresionante cordura de la joven Elsa (Margaret Brooks), la hermana mayor, los demás hermanos se libran de caer en un estado de locura inminente, y que además, entiendan lo ocurrido. Esta escena marca pauta, de una m...( read more)anera decisiva, en el drama infantil Our Mother?s House (Reino Unido-E.U., 1967), dirigida por el también productor Jack Clayton.

    Realizada con sobriedad, en la película vemos cómo este grupo de niños acaban afrontando la muerte de su madre de una manera fría, apoyándose en la religión que ella misma les inculcó. La adolescente Elsa, será quien tome las riendas de este fatal acontecimiento, y quien tomará toda decisión importante. Cuando su hermano, Hubert (Louis Sheldon Williams), intente dar soluciones más prudentes y racionales, Elsa terminará teniendo la última palabra, cuando decida guardar el secreto del fallecimiento de la madre y hacer creer a la gente de fuera que sigue viva.

    Lo más logrado de la película, es la dirección de Clayton, totalmente centrada en las complejas relaciones que existen entre los hermanos Hook, y la figura paterna ausente (Dick Bogarde), que impone el desequilibrio entre los niños, despreciado por Elsa por haberlos abandonado hace mucho tiempo. A lo que conducirán estas gélidas relaciones, será a un trágico desenlace, en el que sobresale siempre ese enfermizo amor hacia la madre fallecida.
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