Buffalo 8 is honored to launch their fall genre slate with Daniele Campea’s psychological drama Mother Nocturna (Madre Notturna). Campea’s latest feature, inspired by Eurpides’s The Bacchae, tracks a mentally fragile doctor as she attempts to reconnect with her family while resisting calls from the moon.
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.
The film arrives from Campea’s original screenplay. The Italian psychological drama made its world premiere at the XX Ravenna Nightmare Film Fest, where Campea took home the award for Best International Feature Film. The film also won Best Feature Film at the Eerie Horror Fest.
The cast is led by Susanna Costaglione, alongside Sofia Ponente, Edoardo Oliva, Elena Battarin, Riccardo Pellegrini, Vincenzo Mambella, and Sveva Colangelo Palombizio.
Mother Nocturna will debut on North American Cable VOD and Digital HD on September 27th, including Prime Video, Apple TV, Google Play, Cox, Charter, and Spectrum. The film will also be available on the same day on Prime Video and Apple TV in Campea’s native Italy and the United Kingdom.
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