The Mother of Tears (2007) [R]

Release Date:
October 31, 2007

Original Title:
La terza madre

Alternate Titles:
La madre del mal
Matka łez
Mother of Tears
Mother of Tears: The Third Mother
O Retorno da Maldição - AMãe das Lágrimas
Мать слез
サスペリア・テルザ 最後の魔女
눈물의 마녀

Genres:
Horror

Production Companies:
Film Commission Torino Piemonte
Medusa Film
Myriad Pictures
Opera Film Produzione
Sky Cinema

Production Countries:
Italy | United States of America

Ratings / Certifications:
IT: 14+  JP: R18+  US: R 

Runtime: 102

What you see does not exist. What you cannot see is truth.

An ancient urn is found in a cemetery outside Rome. Once opened, it triggers a series of violent incidents: robberies, rapes and murders increase dramatically, while several mysterious, evil-looking young women coming from all over the world are gathering in the city. All these events are caused by the return of Mater Lacrimarum, the last of three powerful witches who have been spreading terror and death for centuries. Alone against an army of psychos and demons, Sarah Mandy, an art student who seems to have supernatural abilities of her own, is the only person left to prevent the Mother of Tears from destroying Rome.

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Art Direction:
Gretel Fatibene

Assistant Costume Designer:
Antonella Balsamo

Boom Operator:
Marco Lazzaro

Camera Operator:
Giovanni Gebbia

Casting:
Morgana Bianco
Helena Palmer

Construction Coordinator:
Giuseppe Cancellara

Costume Design:
Ludovica Amati

Digital Intermediate:
Simone Fontana
Stefano Camberini
Paolo Verrucci

Director:
Dario Argento

Director of Photography:
Frederic Fasano

Editor:
Walter Fasano

Executive Producer:
Kirk D'Amico

First Assistant Camera:
Gianluca Fava

First Assistant Editor:
Sarah McTeigue

Gaffer:
Marco Contaldo

Hair Department Head:
Giorgio Gregorini

Key Makeup Artist:
Chiara Ugolini

Makeup Artist:
Paola Gattabrusi

Original Music Composer:
Claudio Simonetti

Producer:
Giulia Marletta
Marina Berlusconi
Claudio Argento
Dario Argento

Production Design:
Valentina Ferroni
Francesca Bocca

Property Master:
Giuseppe Cagnoni

Prosthetic Makeup Artist:
Carlo Diamantini

Script Supervisor:
Fernanda Selvaggi

Seamstress:
Salvatrice Amendiola

Set Decoration:
Maria Castrovilli

Sound Effects Editor:
Federico Amodio

Sound Re-Recording Mixer:
Roberto Cappannelli

Steadicam Operator:
Giovanni Gebbia

Still Photographer:
Francesco Bellomo

Stunt Coordinator:
David Ambrosi

Visual Effects Producer:
Lisa K. Sepp

Visual Effects Supervisor:
Lee Wilson

Writer:
Dario Argento
Walter Fasano
Jace Anderson
Adam Gierasch
Simona Simonetti

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