The drama written by Ana Urushadze follows a 50 years old housewife Manana, who decides to become a writer, a dream she gave up for her family. But when she is reading the published book to her family, she realises that her fears were reasonable.
The main characters are played by Nato Murvanidze, Dimitri Tatishvili, Rama Ioseliani and Avto Makhraaze.
Lasha Khalvashi is producing through Studio Artizm in coproduction with Gemini and Ivo Felt through Estonia's Allfilm. The Georgian National Film Center is supporting.
Scary Mother received the Heart of Sarajevo for best feature film at the 2017 Sarajevo Film Festival.