Moral Ambiguity Mother Night is a thought-provoking exploration of morality, loyalty and despair.
Loyalties shift, betrayal is always a possibility.
People become capable of desperate and sometimes monstrous acts. He was a spy, a traitor, an unrecognized war hero and ultimately a victim of war and its wily progenitor, nationalism. Campbell's bizarre history unfolds in Mother Night , Keith Gordon's haunting film based on Kurt Vonnegut Jr's tragicomic novel. It's easily Nolte's best performance. Aging has only improved his craft, making him more subdued and introspective.