The list of things that “get” me is very short–but sitting somewhere near the top of that list has to be any type of shit that involves eyeballs. I’ve seen them sliced, diced, oozed, and eaten, but it still gets me. Having just now laid eyes on the debut trailer for THE EYES OF MOTHER, I feel confident in saying that this one might make me wince once or twice. Throw in a creepy black & white aesthetic and we have ourselves prime material for my next date night with me, myself, and I (there’s no way my wife is touching this one).

Check out the trailer below, and let us know what you think! Expect a full review, and some other awesome shoulder content, in the very near future.

Plot Synopsis
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.

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