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The Mother of Tears (2008)
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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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.
Rating:R
Genre:Horror
Written By:Simona Simonetti, Jace Anderson, Adam Gierasch, Dario Argento, Walter Fasano
In Theaters:6/6/2008
Box Office:$3,119,957
Runtime:102 minutes
Studio:Film Commission Torino Piemonte, Myriad Pictures, Opera Film Produzione, Medusa Film, Sky Cinema
Cast
Dario Argento
Director
Asia Argento
Sarah Mandy
Cristian Solimeno
Detective Enzo Marchi
Adam James
Michael Pierce
Moran Atias
Mater Lachrymarum
Valéria Cavalli
Marta Colussi
Philippe Leroy
Guglielmo De Witt
Daria Nicolodi
Elisa Mandy
Coralina Cataldi-Tassoni
Giselle Mares
Udo Kier
Father Johannes
Robert Madison
Detective Lissoni
Jun Ichikawa
Katerina
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