Written and directed by Daniele Campea, Mother Nocturna tracks a mentally fragile doctor as she attempts to reconnect with her
family while resisting calls from the moon.
Inspired by Eurpides' 'The Bacchae', the film stars Susanna Costaglione, alongside Sofia Ponente, Edoardo Oliva, Elena
Battarin, Riccardo Pellegrini, Vincenzo Mambella
and Sveva Colangelo Palombizio.
Mother Nocturna is on UK VOD from September 27th.
"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," says Campea. "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."
Check out the trailer and poster below.
The official synopsis reads:
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.
