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HEIMSUCHUNG

SMOTHER

By Achmed ABDEL-SALAM

Horror - Completed 2023

Michi, a dry alcoholic, returns to her parents’ house with her little daughter and is haunted by the ghosts of her past.

Diagonale – Festival des österreichischen Films 2023

HARD:LINE International Film Festival, Regensburg 2023

MOTELX, Portugal 2023

- Year of production
- 2023
- Genres
- Horror
- Countries
- AUSTRIA
- Languages
- GERMAN
- Duration
- 90 mn
- Director(s)
- Achmed ABDEL-SALAM
- Writer(s)
- Achmed ABDEL-SALAM
- Cast
- Cornelia IVANCAN, Lola HERBST, Lukas TURTUR, Heinz TRIXNER, Inge MAUX, Franziska RIECK, Gisela SALCHER, Christoph F. KRUTZLER, Iva HÖPPERGER, Gerald WALSBERGER, Tina HALLER, Christian DUNGL, Felix STICHMANN
- Producer(s)
- Magdalena WEISS (GLITTER AND DOOM GMBH & CO KG), Eugen KLIM (GLITTER AND DOOM GMBH & CO KG), Viktoria SALCHER (PRISMA FILM- UND FERNSEHPRODUKTION GMBH), Mathias FORBERG (PRISMA FILM- UND FERNSEHPRODUKTION GMBH)
- Synopsis
- Due to her alcohol addiction and a resulting car accident, Michi has lost the trust of her young daughter Hanna and her husband Alex.
  After the sudden death of Michi's estranged father, the young family drives to her parents' house in the country. After the funeral, Michi decides to stay there for a few days with Hanna hoping to regain her daughter's trust.
  Soon repressed memories of Michi's childhood and the suicide of her mentally ill mother surface. She numbs herself with alcohol and drives another wedge between herself and her daughter. At the height of her madness, Michi must confront her own demons to save her daughter.