A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
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
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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