Magnet Releasing, the genre arm of Magnolia Pictures, has released a second trailer for The Eyes of My Mother, the hauntingly beautiful and shockingly original debut from filmmaker Nicolas Pesce, opening in theaters and on VOD platforms December 2nd. Our own Fred Topel raved about the film, calling it “disturbed and twisted.” The trailer really touches on that, showing one thing, only to have the camera pull back to reveal another. I guess you can say it’s a bit spoiler-y?
The film, which features a breakout performance from newcomer Kika Magalhaes, fuses classic horror ingredients with gothic black-and-white imagery.
“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.”
