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An ancient urn chained to a coffin is unearthed by chance by workmen alongside Rome's Viterbo Cemetery. Inside is an age-old tunic and artifacts that belong to Mater Lacrimarum (Moran Atias) - the Third Mother the only survivor of the Three Mothers, three powerful witches who for aeons have spread death and destruction throughout the city. The Mater has been hiding in Rome for centuries waiting for the moment when she will be awakened, triggering a chain of mysterious and terrible events.
Sarah Mandy (Asia Argento), a young student of restoration, co-worker and love interest of Michael Pierce (Adam James), the curator of the Museum of Ancient Art of Rome, is involved in the escalating and increasingly frantic episodes of violence. Sarah tries to run away but she cannot: the Third Mother is looking for her and Sarah is not aware of the fact that her mother Elisa Mandy (Daria Nicolodi) was a powerful white witch brutally killed by Mater Suspiriorum, the witch from Fryeburg.
Helped by the spirit of her mother, a priest (Udo Kier), by an eminent esoterism academic, Guglielmo De Witt (Philippe Leroy), and by the Chief Constable Marchi (Cristian Solimeno), Sarah realizes that she has no way out and that she must face the impending threat.
Original Release
09/06/2007
US Release
06/06/2008
Cast
Name | Character |
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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 |
Joan Vives Lozano | Elisa Mandy |
Coralina Cataldi-Tassoni | Giselle Mares |
Udo Kier | Father Johannes |
Robert Madison | Detective Lissoni |
Directors
Writers
Dario Argento, Jace Anderson, Adam Gierasch, Thomas De Quincey, Simona Simonetti, Walter Fasano
Cast
Name | Character |
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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 |
Joan Vives Lozano | Elisa Mandy |
Coralina Cataldi-Tassoni | Giselle Mares |
Udo Kier | Father Johannes |
Robert Madison | Detective Lissoni |
Jun Ichikawa | Katerina |
Tommaso Banfi | Father Milesi |
Paolo Stella | Julian |
Clive Riche | Man in Overcoat |
Massimo Sarchielli | The Hobo |
Barbara Mautino | Valeria |
Gisella Marengo | Catacomb Witch #1 |
Marica Coco | Catacomb Witch #2 |
Diego Bottiglieri | Indian |
Franco Leo | Monsignor Brusca |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Kirk D'Amico | Executive Producer |
Dario Argento | Producer |
Claudio Argento | Producer |
Marina Berlusconi | Producer |
Tommaso Calevi | Producer |
Giulia Marletta | Producer |
Lee Wilson | Producer |