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Mother of Tears Review, by Richard James Havis of The hollywood Reporter
This deliciously wicked slice of demonic horror from Italian master Dario Argento serves as a devilish antidote to bleak shockers like "Saw."
Witty to the point of hilarity, blood-soaked and thoroughly politically incorrect, "Mother of Tears: The T...
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IN THEATERS JUNE 6TH
The Mother of Tears opens theatrically in the US on June 6th.
6.6.08
New York - Sunshine Cinema
Los Angeles - Nuart Theatre
Irvine - University Town Center 6
Philadelphia - Ritz Bourse
Cambridge, MA - Kendall Square 9 Cinema
Washington, DC - E Street Cinema
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Cast & Crew
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Asia Argento as
Sarah Mandy - Cristian Solimeno as
Detective Enzo Marchi - Adam James as
Michael Pierce - Moran Atias as
Mater Lachrymarum - Valeria Cavalli as
Marta Colussi - Philippe Leroy as
Guglielmo De Witt - Daria Nicolodi as
Elisa Mandy - Coralina Cataldi Tassoni as
Giselle Mares - Udo Kier as
Padre Johannes - Robert Madison as
Agent Lissoni - Jun Ichikawa as
Katerina - Tommaso Banfi as
Father Milesi - Paolo Stella as
Julian - Clive Riche as
Uomo col Cappotto - Massimo Sarchielli as
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The film has also been billed in English speaking media as Mater Lachrymarum, The Third Mother, and Mother of Tears: The Third Mother. The Third Mother premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival on 6 September 2007, just moments before midnight and Argento's 67th birthday (on the 7th). The film debuted in Italy on 24 October 2007 at the Rome Film Fest. Its Italian wide release occurred on 31 October 2007, Halloween. In the United States, Myriad will release the film uncut in select cities in February of 2008. The film is getting a wider release in the United States in April or May 2008. The Weinstein Company will release the film on DVD later in 2008.
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An ancient urn chained to a coffin is unearthed by chance by workmen alongside Rome's Viterbo Cemetery. Inside is an age-old tunic and artifacts that belong to Mater Lacrimarum (Moran Atias) - the Third Mother - the only survivor of the Three Mothers, three powerful witches who for aeons have spread death and destruction throughout the city. The Mater has been hiding in Rome for centuries.waiting for the moment when she will be awakened, triggering a chain of mysterious and terrible events. Sarah Mandy (Asia Argento), a young student of restoration, co-worker and love interest of Michael Pierce (Adam James), the curator of the Museum of Ancient Art of Rome, is involved in the escalating and increasingly frantic episodes of violence. Sarah tries to run away but she cannot: the Third Mother is looking for her and Sarah is not aware of the fact that her mother Elisa Mandy (Daria Nicolodi) was a powerful white witch brutally killed by Mater Suspiriorum, the witch from Fryeburg. Helped by the spirit of her mother, a priest (Udo Kier), by an eminent esoterism academic, Guglielmo De Witt (Philippe Leroy), and by the Chief Constable Marchi (Cristian Solimeno), Sarah realizes that she has no way out and that she must face the impending threat. |||| Sarah Mandy (Asia Argento), an American studying art restoration at the Museum of Ancient Art in Rome, examines an urn found at an ancient, decrepit grave near Viterbo. Bound within are the relics of a witch known as the Mother of Tears, Mater Lachrimarum (Moran Atias). Breaking the seal heralds the return of the beautiful yet malefic sorceress' powers, and the world is plunged into chaos. A wave of suicides and crime sweeps over Italy's capital as witches congregate to pay homage to their reborn queen. Sarah must eventually discover her latent supernatural powers with the help of her deceased mother (Daria Nicolodi) and confront Lachrimarum at the opulent Palazzo Varelli.
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