Pantafa

Where it was filmed 'Pantafa'

The horror film Pantafa is Emanuele Scaringi’s second feature-length work. The main characters are Marta (Kasia Smutniak) and her daughter Nina (Greta Santi) who move from the city to a small mountain village, the imaginary Malanotte. Marta hopes that a quieter life and mountain air will help her daughter who suffers from sleep paralysis, a disturbance that causes hallucinatory states. Their new home, however, proves to be fairly unhospitable and not without surprises.

The setting of the small mountain village is a collage of various places in the province of Rome, including the square of Guidonia Montecelio, a stable near Arcinazzo Romano, a farmhouse in the municipality of Anguillara, the cave of Arsoli, Castel di Tora and lake Turano, the ancient cemetery of Affile, the beech forest and the roads in the mountain villages of Monte Livata and Campo dell’Osso, in addition to several shots of the villages of Roviano,Riofreddo, Subiaco and Vallinfreda.

The antagonist of the narrative, which provides the horror elements in the film, is the malign presence of Pantafa: according to a popular legend, the creature settles on a victim’s chest to steal their breath.

Where it was filmed 'Pantafa'

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Data sheet

Genre: Film horror
Directed by: Emanuele Scaringi
Cast: Kasia Smutniak, Greta Santi, Mario Sgueglia, Giuseppe Cederna, Betti Pedrazzi, Francesco Colella, Mauro Marino
Country of production: Italy
Year: 2022
Production: Fandango, Rai Cinema
Plot: Marta and her daughter Nina move to a small mountain village. The child has suffered from sleep paralysis for some time which causes her to hallucinate. However, the house they move into is anything but welcoming and no children are ever seen in Malanotte. Nina’s symptoms worsen from the very first night, and every day that follows it is harder for Marta, a mother alone in a village that seems increasingly sinister, to find the way to do the right thing for her child.

Affile

Region: Lazio Type: Historical village (Borgo) Territory: Borgo (walled/fortified village)

Anguillara Sabazia

Region: Lazio Type: Historical village (Borgo) Territory: Borgo (walled/fortified village), Small town, Hill, Lake, Village, Lowland / plain

Arsoli

Region: Lazio Type: Village Territory: Borgo (walled/fortified village), Historical centre, Hill

Castel di Tora

Region: Lazio Type: Historical village (Borgo) Territory: Hill, Mountain, Village

Lake Turano

Region: Lazio Type: Lake Territory: Hill, Lake

Subiaco

Region: Lazio Type: Village Territory: Borgo (walled/fortified village), Historical centre, Small town

Genre

Film horror

Cast

Kasia Smutniak, Greta Santi, Mario Sgueglia, Giuseppe Cederna, Betti Pedrazzi, Francesco Colella, Mauro Marino

Directed by

Emanuele Scaringi

Pantafa

Genre

Film horror

Cast

Kasia Smutniak, Greta Santi, Mario Sgueglia, Giuseppe Cederna, Betti Pedrazzi, Francesco Colella, Mau

Directed by

Emanuele Scaringi

Where it was filmed 'Pantafa'

Where it was filmed 'Pantafa'

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