The brilliant young filmmaker Niclas Larsson sat down with MovieWeb’s Julian Roman to discuss his new movie, Mother, Couch. He spoke about the allegorical themes of the mind-bending work and his incredible cast, including Ewan McGregor and Ellen Burstyn.

Film Movement & Memory will co-release Mother, Couch on July 5th in NY at the Angelika Film Center, July 12th in LA at the Landmark Nu-Art and additional theaters nation-wide.

The members of a dysfunctional family find themselves mysteriously trapped in an antiquated furniture store when their elderly matriarch (Ellen Burstyn) suddenly refuses to get up from one of the display couches. Reluctantly assembled, her three estranged children – David (Ewan McGregor), Gruffudd (Rhys Ifans), and Linda (Lara Flynn Boyle) – must figure out how to escape this bizarre predicament. With the help of the store managers, Marco & Marcus (F. Murray Abraham), and their daughter Bella (Taylor Russell) the siblings embark on a mind-bending odyssey that forces them to face life-altering truths about their own lives and upbringing.

Written and directed by Niclas Larsson, Produced by Ella Bishop and Pau Suris for Suris/Bishop Films, Alex Black for Lyrical Media, and Sara Murphy for Fat City. Executive produced by Jon Rosenberg and Natalie Sellers under their Lyrical Media banner, Ryan Zacarias for Fat City, Ewan McGregor, and David Harari.

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