A young woman with psychic powers is obsessed with having a child. Even though she is unable to conceive, her desire to do so creates a supernatural force determined to fulfill her wishes
Cinematography
Dreamlike compositions that make infertility feel genuinely haunting.
Acting
Marina Malfatti's desperate, unraveling performance carries every scene.
Director
Marcello Andrei
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Part of Italy's 1970s 'psychic women' subgenre alongside films like The Perfume of the Lady in Black, reflecting anxieties about female power and reproduction.
Director Marcello Andrei made only five features; this was his sole horror entry, heavily influenced by Rosemary's Baby but with a distinctly pessimistic Italian Catholic guilt twist.
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