Inspired by actual documents from the archives of the
Catholic Church, writer/director Elio Quiroga's The Haunting tells the tale of
a respected pediatrician who falls prey to a supernatural force while grieving
the death of her infant child. Shortly after losing her child to SIDS,
Francesca (Ana Torrent) moves with her family to a sprawling mansion in the
Spanish countryside and attempts to take the first slow steps toward emotional
recovery. But despite the best efforts of her husband Pedro and their psychiatrist
friend Jean, Francesco cannot break free from the suffocating grip of grief.
Later, a series of shocking and horrific visions drive the mourning mother to
the edge of madness: is Francesco's new house really haunted, or is it all just
in her head. As the visitations become more intense, Francesco realizes that
they seem to be emanating from the attic and the basement, two rooms that have
been declared off-limits to the family, and have been locked up tight for
reassurance. Her crumbling psyche on the verge of total collapse, Francesco
grows compelled to solve the mystery before she's consumed by it.
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