Last updated on September 29th, 2024 at 07:44 pm
Estimated reading time: 2 minutes
Agnese is a wolf biologist who gets back to her husband and daughter after a long hospitalization in a mental institution. The moon has an occult power over Agnese, whose mind begins to disrupt and her body transforms, while the visions of the “God of the woods” intrude on reality. She will deal with the ghosts from the past, locked in a house surrounded by woods, where nightmares take over, and obscure presences become ever more disturbing.
Buffalo 8 distributes in the US.
Also known as Madre Notturna.
Writer/director Daniele Campea was quoted saying: “I wanted to portray the descent into madness of a woman condemned to isolation, both the physical and psychological, a lifelong solitude in which the pandemic has the role of a detonator. The camera is mainly static, like a painting, giving the viewer the chance to dive into the scene and feel the slow passing of time, surrounded by the obsessive sound of the wind. In contrast with the image, I wanted the sound to be very mobile, subliminal, nervous, pervasive, with explosions of music.”
Said to be inspired by Eurpides’ The Bacchae.
This is an Italian psychological horror movie.
Mother Nocturna arrived on Prime Video and Apple TV in Italy and the U.K. on September 27, 2024.
Buffalo 8 released Mother Nocturna on Cable VOD and Digital HD in the U.S. and Canada on September 27, 2024.
Director: Daniele Campea