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I Am Mother

What is i am mother?

· James MacDonald

Key facts

Title I Am Mother[1]
Year 2019[1]
Type Film[1]
Genre Science-fiction thriller[1]
Director Grant Sputore[1]
Written by Michael Lloyd Green[1]

I Am Mother is a 2019 science-fiction thriller film about a teenage girl raised in a sealed bunker by a robot called Mother after humanity's extinction. The story centers on the relationship between Daughter and Mother and changes when an outside human arrives and questions what Daughter has been told.

Context

I Am Mother is a 2019 science-fiction thriller film directed by Grant Sputore and written by Michael Lloyd Green. The film follows a teenage girl raised in a sealed bunker by a robot called Mother after humanity's extinction. The robot's purpose is to repopulate Earth, but the arrival of an outside human disrupts the story and questions what the girl has been told. The film stars Clara Rugaard, Rose Byrne, and Hilary Swank. [1]

Documented claims

  • A robot called Mother raises a human girl from an embryo in a bunker. [1]
  • The setting is after humanity's mass extinction. [1]
  • The robot's purpose is to repopulate Earth. [1]
  • A stranger's arrival disrupts the story. [1]
  • The film stars Clara Rugaard, Rose Byrne, and Hilary Swank. [1]

Questions and answers

What is the point of the I Am Mother movie?

The film explores the relationship between a girl and her robot mother, and the arrival of an outside human challenges what the girl has been told. [1]

Who is the real villain in I Am Mother?

The film leaves the question of who the real villain is open to interpretation, as both Mother and the stranger have complex motivations. [1]

Sources

  1. I Am Mother (2019) - Plot — imdb.com (retrieved August 3, 2026)

Sources last checked August 3, 2026. · More in Entertainment