Normal (2007) Mainstream Incest Movie

A grieving mother cannot “move on” after her son’s death, keeping his room as it was, wanting her younger boy to be like his dead brother. A youth leaves juvenile detention, going home to an angry father and a lonely young stepmother. A college teacher whose brother has autistic behaviors separates from his wife and is attracted to a student. The narrative discloses slowly the mother, youth, and teacher’s connections to a car accident. The paroled youth talks to the dead boy’s girlfriend and must sort out his relationship with his stepmother; the professor encourages his brother to go on a date. Can the mother see her living son for who he is? In what ways can each be normal? In what ways can each be normal?

• Director
  • Carl Bessai
• Writer
  • Travis McDonald
• Stars
  • Carrie-Anne Moss
  • Kevin Zegers
  • Callum Keith Rennie