Terza madre, La (2007)

Director:

Dario Argento

Writers:

Jace Anderson (writer)
Dario Argento (writer)

Release Date:

31 October 2007 (Italy)

Genre:

Drama | Fantasy | Horror | Thriller

Tagline:

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

Plot:

Part three of the "Three Mothers" trilogy which takes place in Rome and has to do with Mater Lachrymarum (The Third Mother).

Plot Keywords:

Misogyny | Old Man | Surrealism | Italy | Brutal

Cast

Asia Argento	...	Sarah Mandy
Cristian Solimeno	...	Detective Enzo Marchi
Adam James	...	Michael Pierce
Moran Atias	...	Mater Lachrymarum
Valeria Cavalli	...	Marta Colussi
Philippe Leroy	...	Guglielmo De Witt
Daria Nicolodi	...	Elisa Mandy
Coralina Cataldi-Tassoni	...	Giselle Mares
Udo Kier	...	Padre Johannes
Robert Madison	...	Agente Lissoni
Jun Ichikawa	...	Katerina
Tommaso Banfi	...	Padre Milesi
Paolo Stella	...	Julian
Clive Riche	...	Uomo col Cappotto
Massimo Sarchielli	...	Vagabondo

Also Known As:

Exhumed (USA) (working title)
Mother of Tears: The Third Mother (International: English title)

Runtime:

Canada:98 min (Toronto International Film Festival)

Country:

Italy | USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

USA:Unrated (original rating) | Italy:VM14 | UK:18

Filming Locations:

Cinecittà Studios, Cinecittà, Rome, Lazio, Italy

Company:

Film Commission Torino-Piemonte

Trivia:

Daria Nicolodi and Asia Argento are mother and daughter in real life.

Quotes:

Mater Lacrimarum: Who wants to eat the girl?

Movie Connections:

References Sindrome di Stendhal, La (1996)

The Mother of.....Fantastic Breasts!

Dario's Mother trilogy has come to an end. With the story revolving around a girl (the lovely and gravely voiced Asia Argento) who's been swept up into fighting against evil she has little to no chance of defeating. It's simple enough, that's for sure. But with some nice gore, some cheesy acting and some nudity, it's a pretty decent flick. Unfortunately, the cheesiness (the scene when the witches walkin in the airport is ridiculously cheesy) isn't what you're wanting when headin into this film. Well, I wasn't anyways. The gore, when it was on screen was good, but there wasn't enough. And the nudity was impressive with skinny babes with perky boobs. Even Asia showed some nip. But the women who were naked were so damn good looking it took away any sense of dread or doom the movie was trying for. If I was captured by the lead Mother and she wanted me dead.....it's possibly one of the best ways to die ever. She was so damn beautiful it completely ruined any bit of horror that was happening. Overall the film was kinda fun, any movie with Asia, gore and great boobs....it can't be all that bad. Too bad this horror flick wasn't scary at all. The end song by Daemonia is pretty kick ass as well. 6.5 outta 10