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My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done
My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done
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MY SON, MY SON, WHAT HAVE YE DONE

Directed by Werner Herzog
United States, Germany, 2009
Crime, Drama, Thriller

Synopsis

A detective is called to the scene of a crime. An old woman has been killed with a samurai sword, in a house close to where she lived. Suspicion inevitably falls on her son, Brad, who has barricaded himself into his home, armed with a gun and claiming to have taken two hostages.

Synopsis

A detective is called to the scene of a crime. An old woman has been killed with a samurai sword, in a house close to where she lived. Suspicion inevitably falls on her son, Brad, who has barricaded himself into his home, armed with a gun and claiming to have taken two hostages.

Our take

Herzog collaborates with Michael Shannon for this semi-fictionalized account of the life of murderer Mark Yavorsky—both capably bringing us uncomfortably close to this man’s mental state. Made consecutively with Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans, co-starring Willem Dafoe and Chloë Sevigny.