No discussion of cinema’s dark maternal relationships is complete without Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho . The film introduced audiences to Norman Bates and his unseen, overbearing mother, Norma.
Cinema also frequently celebrates the mother-son bond as the ultimate survival mechanism. In Lenny Abrahamson’s Room , Ma (Brie Larson) creates an entire universe out of a 10x10 shed to shield her son, Jack, from the reality of their captivity. The film highlights how a mother’s love acts as a psychological shield, turning trauma into a fairytale for the sake of her child’s sanity. sinhala wela katha mom son