SXSW 2017: Madre Casts its Spell
Steve Barton
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Playing as part of the upcoming South by Southwest Film Festival is Aaron Burns’ new horror flick, Madre, and we have your first look right here… free of any curses… for now….
Burns directs; Daniela Ramirez, Cristobal Tapia Montt, Aida Jabolin, Matias Bassi, Ignacia Allamand, and Nicolás Durán star.
Synopsis:
Diana Prieto is pregnant; and taking care of her first child, Martin, who has a child development problem, has become overwhelming. She has no one to help her while her husband, Tomas, spends months working in Asia. Diana’s at her breaking point with Martin when Luz, a gifted caregiver from the Philippines, steps in to help.
Martin quickly begins improving under Luz’s supervision, but Diana’s worried that he’s only being taught to speak Filipino. Diana begins to suspect that Luz is using the language barrier and voodoo to turn Martin against Diana and into something far more sinister…
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