After undergoing cosmetic facial surgery, a mother (Susanne Wuest) comes back home to her modern, isolated lakeside house and her ten-year-old twins, Elias and Lukas (Elias and Lukas Schwarz). Her head is swathed in bandages, with only her eyes and mouth visible. The twins are unnerved with their mother's appearance and are further taken aback when she begins to exhibit strange behavior. She pointedly ignores Lukas and appears to only acknowledge Elias in conversation. Though it is the middle of summer, the mother orders the twins to keep the blinds closed during the day, imposes a strict rule of silence inside the house, and allows them to only play outdoors. The mother also lashes out at the boys physically when they display mischievous or disobedient acts; something that the boys comment that their mother would never do.
The twins begin to suspect that beneath her bandages, their mother may not be the same person. These doubts are confirmed when they find an old picture that shows the mother together with another unknown woman who is wearing identical clothes and shares similar physical traits. With the suspicion that the woman residing in their house is an impostor, the twins tie the woman to the bed and refuse to let her go until she tells them where their real mother is. The woman refuses to answer them, and the twins finally seal her mouth with tape to keep her from screaming for help.
In the meantime, two employees of the Red Cross appear to collect donations. Although they initially await the return of the mother, they finally leave the house after receiving a large cash amount from Elias, which he discreetly stole from his mother's purse. Shortly afterwards, the woman breaks free from the adhesive tape around her mouth and yells for help, but is too late to attract the attention of the Red Cross employees. The twins seal her lips with Super Glue, only to realize that she is unable to eat. The twins cut open her lips with a carpet knife.
As the woman is still bound and trapped, she wets her bed. The twins briefly set her free from her shackles, allowing her to subdue the boys and escape. The twins, however, have set up a booby trap that causes her to fall downstairs. The woman wakes on the living room floor to find Elias standing over her and Lukas holding a lighted candle to a curtain. The boys threaten to burn down the house if she does not tell them the truth about their mother. The woman firmly insists that she is the twins' real mother. Elias demands that she prove her identity by telling him who is standing next to him, but the woman confesses that she cannot see Lukas at all.
It is revealed by the mother that Lukas has died in an accident prior to the events of the movie and that Elias has been hallucinating him the entire time. She tearfully explains to Elias that Lukas's death was not his fault and she begs her son to set her free so they can both move on from the tragedy. When she is unable to point out where Lukas is in the living room, Elias—now revealed to have been holding the candle all along—sets fire to the curtains. The mother is trapped inside the burning house and dies when firefighters are unable to rescue her. The film ends with a shot of the mother reunited with her twin sons in a cornfield near to their home.
After undergoing cosmetic facial surgery, a mother (Susanne Wuest) comes back home to her modern, isolated lakeside house and her ten-year-old twins, Elias and Lukas (Elias and Lukas Schwarz). Her head is swathed in bandages, with only her eyes and mouth visible. The twins are unnerved with their mother's appearance and are further taken aback when she begins to exhibit strange behavior. She pointedly ignores Lukas and appears to only acknowledge Elias in conversation. Though it is the middle of summer, the mother orders the twins to keep the blinds closed during the day, imposes a strict rule of silence inside the house, and allows them to only play outdoors. The mother also lashes out at the boys physically when they display mischievous or disobedient acts; something that the boys comment that their mother would never do.The twins begin to suspect that beneath her bandages, their mother may not be the same person. These doubts are confirmed when they find an old picture that shows the mother together with another unknown woman who is wearing identical clothes and shares similar physical traits. With the suspicion that the woman residing in their house is an impostor, the twins tie the woman to the bed and refuse to let her go until she tells them where their real mother is. The woman refuses to answer them, and the twins finally seal her mouth with tape to keep her from screaming for help.In the meantime, two employees of the Red Cross appear to collect donations. Although they initially await the return of the mother, they finally leave the house after receiving a large cash amount from Elias, which he discreetly stole from his mother's purse. Shortly afterwards, the woman breaks free from the adhesive tape around her mouth and yells for help, but is too late to attract the attention of the Red Cross employees. The twins seal her lips with Super Glue, only to realize that she is unable to eat. The twins cut open her lips with a carpet knife.As the woman is still bound and trapped, she wets her bed. The twins briefly set her free from her shackles, allowing her to subdue the boys and escape. The twins, however, have set up a booby trap that causes her to fall downstairs. The woman wakes on the living room floor to find Elias standing over her and Lukas holding a lighted candle to a curtain. The boys threaten to burn down the house if she does not tell them the truth about their mother. The woman firmly insists that she is the twins' real mother. Elias demands that she prove her identity by telling him who is standing next to him, but the woman confesses that she cannot see Lukas at all.It is revealed by the mother that Lukas has died in an accident prior to the events of the movie and that Elias has been hallucinating him the entire time. She tearfully explains to Elias that Lukas's death was not his fault and she begs her son to set her free so they can both move on from the tragedy. When she is unable to point out where Lukas is in the living room, Elias—now revealed to have been holding the candle all along—sets fire to the curtains. The mother is trapped inside the burning house and dies when firefighters are unable to rescue her. The film ends with a shot of the mother reunited with her twin sons in a cornfield near to their home.
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