You’re the last human on earth and you’ve been told you can’t go outside because you won’t survive. What would you do if a stranger showed up on your doorstep one day, alive and well? Netflix’s latest sci-fi featureI Am Motherexplores that question with the story of a young teenage girl Clara who is raised by a robot named MotherRose Bryneafter a cataclysmic event wipes out humanity. When a mysterious human strangerHilary Swankenters their life, Daughter and Mother find their relationship in crisis as Daughter questions everything she knows about the outside world.
With I Am Mother now on Netlfix, I recently sat down with the film’s directorGrant Spurtoreto discuss his post-apocalyptic sci-fi film. In my talk with Grant, he shared how the recent developments by Boston Dynamics Robots inspired his creation of the suit, the classic films were integral to the DNA ofI Am Mother’sconception, the best piece of motherly advice that helped him find his path and his best advice for first-time filmmakers. Check out what the Grant had to say in our interview above, and see the topics we discussed followed by the official synopsis below.
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Here’s the official synopsis forI Am Mother:
I AM MOTHER is a sci-fi thriller about a teenage girl (Clara Rugaard), who is the first of a new generation of humans to be raised by Mother (Rose Byrne), a robot designed to repopulate the earth after the extinction of humankind. But the pair’s unique relationship is threatened when an injured stranger (Hilary Swank) arrives with news that calls into question everything Daughter has been told about the outside world and her Mother’s intentions.
