Stare into The Eyes of My Mother
Steve Barton
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Well, not actually “my” mother. That’d be kinda hard unless you were psychic or something. We’re talking about a movie here, kids! The new movie from Magnet entitled The Eyes of My Mother.
The flick, from writer/director Nicolas Pesce, will be playing at Fantastic Fest this weekend. The rest of us will have to wait until December 2nd for a limited theatrical and VOD release. Check out the poster and trailer below.
Kika Magalhães, Will Brill, Flora Diaz, Paul Nazak, Clara Wong, Diana Agostini, and Olivia Bond star.
Synopsis:
In their secluded farmhouse, a mother, formerly a surgeon in Portugal, teaches her daughter, Francisca, to understand anatomy and be unfazed by death. One afternoon, a mysterious visitor shatters the idyll of Francisca’s family life, deeply traumatizing the young girl, but also awakening unique curiosities. Though she clings to her increasingly reticent father, Francisca’s loneliness and scarred nature converge years later when her longing to connect with the world around her takes on a dark form.
Shot in crisp black and white, the haunting visual compositions evoke its protagonist’s isolation and illuminate her deeply unbalanced worldview. Genre-inflected, but so strikingly unique as to defy categorization, writer/director Nicolas Pesce’s feature debut allows only an elliptical presence in Francisca’s world, guiding our imaginations to follow her into peculiar, secret places.
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