<P> Mama is a 2013 English - language Spanish supernatural drama horror film directed and co-written by Andy Muschietti and based on his 2008 Argentine short film Mamá . The film stars Jessica Chastain and Nikolaj Coster - Waldau, and is produced by J. Miles Dale and co-writer Barbara Muschietti, with Guillermo del Toro serving as executive producer . </P> <P> The film deals with the story of two young girls abandoned in a forest cabin, fostered by an unknown entity that they fondly call "Mama", which eventually follows them to their new suburban home after their uncle retrieves them . Originally set for an October 2012 release, it was released in theaters on 18 January 2013 . </P> <P> Distraught after losing his fortune in the 2008 financial crisis, stockbroker Jeffrey Desange kills his business partners and estranged wife before taking his children, three - year - old Victoria and one - year - old Lilly, away from home . Driving dangerously fast on a snowy road, Jeffrey loses control and the car slides down the mountain, ramming into the woods . Surviving, he takes the children into an abandoned cabin . Planning to kill his daughters and commit suicide, he holds a gun to Victoria's head, but a shadowy figure kills him . The girls, huddled by the fireside, are tossed a cherry by the mysterious figure . </P> <P> Five years later, a rescue party, sponsored by Jeffrey's identical twin brother Lucas, finds Victoria and Lilly alive, but in a feral state after years of isolation . The girls are put in a welfare clinic under the psychiatric care of Dr. Gerald Dreyfuss . They make reference to "Mama", a maternal protector figure . The girls are initially hostile to Lucas but Victoria recognizes him after he gives her a pair of glasses and she can see him properly . Dreyfuss agrees to support Lucas and his girlfriend Annabel's custody claim against the girls' maternal great - aunt, Jean Podolski . Victoria acclimates quickly to domestic life while Lilly retains much of her feralness (language regression, growling, lying on the floor), not being used to being around people . </P>

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