The Mother of Tears

Movie
German title	The Mother of Tears
Original title	La terza madre
Country of production	Italy
original language	English , Italian
Publishing year	2007
length	98 minutes
Age rating	FSK 18
Rod
Director	Dario Argento
script	Dario Argento Walter Fasano
production	Claudio Argento Dario Argento Marina Berlusconi Giulia Marletta
music	Claudio Simonetti
camera	Frederic Fasano
cut	Walter Fasano
occupation
Asia Argento : Sarah Mandy Cristian Solimeno : Detective Enzo Marchi Adam James : Michael Pierce Moran Atias : Mater Lachrymarum, mother of tears Valeria Cavalli : Marta Colussi Philippe Leroy : Guglielmo De Witt Daria Nicolodi : Elisa Mandy

The Mother of Tears (original title: La terza madre , in German : The Third Mother) is an Italian horror film by Dario Argento from 2007. This is the third part of Argento's "Mother Trilogy". Part one is Suspiria and part two is Horror Infernal . The trilogy is about three powerful witches whose long-term goal is to take control of the earth.

action

During excavations near a Catholic church, a coffin with an urn is discovered. The content of the urn consists of relics of the "mother of tears", an old witch. When the urn in the art museum in Rome is opened by Sarah Mandy and an assistant, some masked people kill the assistant. Sarah can escape - guided by a voice.

Meanwhile, the violence in the streets of Rome is reaching unimaginable proportions, whereupon Sarah starts further investigations. Suspected of being involved in the brutal outbursts of aggression, she is pursued by Detective Enzo Marchi while she searches for the true background of the incident. The voice that helped Sarah turns out to be the ghost of her mother who was killed fighting the " Mother of Sighs ".

With the help of her mother, Sarah finds the hiding place of the "mother of tears" and finally discovers her in an underground dungeon where a ceremony is being held. When the "mother of tears" wants to sacrifice Sarah, Sarah's witch powers unfold, with which she can destroy the last mother.

Reviews

“Inglorious conclusion to the mother trilogy (" Suspiria ", 1977;" Inferno ", 1980), which tells no comprehensible story and incites its heroine through a series of almost unimaginable atrocities. A nightmare in the true sense of the word. "

- Lexicon of international film

Individual evidence

1. ^ IMDb , Internet Movie Database
2. ↑ The Mother of Tears. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .  

Web links

• The Mother of Tears in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• The Mother of Tears in the online movie database
• The Mother of Tears in the German dubbing file
• The Mother of Tears atRotten Tomatoes(English)
• Comparison of the cut versions Not approved for young people - UK DVD , R-Rated - Unrated by The Mother of Tears at Schnittberichte.com