The trailer for Salt Along the Tongue previews a surreal and stylized blend of witchcraft, folk horror, body horror, and familial trauma.
Calling the Australian production “a love letter to my mother,” writer-director Parish Malfitano explores his Italian heritage with a haunting tale rooted in the malocchio (evil eye) superstition.
In the film, after teenager Mattia’s mother dies unexpectedly, she has no choice but to move in with her aunt Carol, her mother’s identical twin. As Mattia grapples with the loss of her mother and this new way of life, a treacherous family secret begins to come to light.
From beyond the grave, Mattia’s mother possesses her daughter — not only trying to protect Mattia from the same fate that befell her, but also to find reconciliation with her twin sister, using food as a gateway.
Citing Volver, Possession, 3 Women, and Don’t Look Now as inspirations, Malfitano’s script was a semi-finalist in Francis Ford Coppola’s American Zoetrope Screenplay Competition.
Dina Panozzo and Laneikka Denne star with Mayu Iwasaki, Maria de Marco, Nicole Toum, Caroline Levien, Olga Olshansky, Helen Vassiliadis, and Liz Lin.
Salt Along the Tongue will be released on VOD May 1 via Yellow Veil Pictures.
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