10 minutes. One mother. Zero patience for your village gossip.
Young single-mom Mia struggles with the criticism and prejudice against her in the village. When she realises that her son is also suffering, she becomes a lioness.
Acting
Windischbauer does volcanic stillness — you feel the pressure building.
Direction
Roller lets silence do the screaming. Devastating economy.
Director
Anna Roller
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Austrian 'Dorfgeschichten' (village tales) traditionally romanticize rural life; this is the bitter corrective that's been waiting.
The title 'Brat' is untranslatable genius — it means 'offspring' but carries the weight of 'brat' in English, mirroring how the village sees both mother and child as problems to be managed.
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