The Mother of Tears is a 2007 Italian/American supernatural horror film written and directed by Dario Argento. The film stars Asia Argento, Daria Nicolodi, Moran Atias, Udo Kier, and Coralina Cataldi-Tassoni. The film has also been billed in English speaking media as 'Mater Lachrymarum, The Third Mother , and Mother of Tears: The Third Mother. Written by Argento, Jace Anderson, Walter Fasano, Adam Gierasch, and Simona Simonetti, the film is the concluding installment of Argento's supernatural horror trilogy The Three Mothers, which began with Suspiria in 1977. The film depicts the... confrontation with the final "Mother" witch, known as Mater Lachrymarum. The film begins with members of the Catholic Church digging up the body of a 19th century church official, whose casket has a box-shaped urn chained to it. Inside the box they discover artifacts belonging to Mater Lachrymarum , the last surviving member of the Three Mothers; an ancient trio of powerful black witches.
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| Release date: | 2007 |
| Directed by: | Dario Argento |
| Runtime: | 98 Minutes |
| Producer: | Dario Argento, Giulia Marletta, Claudio Argento |
| Music by: | Claudio Simonetti |
| Screenplay by: | Jace Anderson, Dario Argento, Adam Gierasch |