Mother of Tears
Mother of Tears is a 2007 supernatural horror film written and directed by Dario Argento, and starring Asia Argento, Daria Nicolodi, Moran Atias, Udo Kier and Coralina Cataldi-Tassoni. The film has also been billed in English-speaking media as Mater Lachrymarum, The Third Mother (English translation of the film's original Italian title) and Mother of Tears: The Third Mother.
Plot
The film begins with members of the Catholic Church lead by Monsignor Brusca (Franco Leo) digging up the body of a 19th-century church official, whose casket has a box-shaped urn chained to it. Inside the box they discover artifacts belonging to Mater Lachrymarum (Moran Atias), the last surviving member of the Three Mothers; an ancient trio of powerful black magic witches. In particular, the box contains a magic tunic that, when worn by Mater Lachrymarum, increases her powers significantly.
More details
author | Dario Argento Walter Fasano |
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contentLocation | Rome |
director | Dario Argento |
editor | Walter Fasano |
events | supernatural |
genre | horror |
keywords | alchemist art restoration attack belong black magic capture car crash catholic church chain crush date dig dwell evil witch flee forced to kill franco leo how to hunt kidnap kill locked door mass suicide murder paralyze police detective police officer shadow sibling single father summon survive tommaso banfi train station trap tunic voice wait white witch write |
musicBy | Claudio Simonetti |
producer | Claudio Argento Dario Argento |
productionCompany | Medusa Film Myriad Pictures Opera Film |
publisher | Medusa Distribuzione Myriad Pictures |
theme | lgbt-related sequel splatter |