Kasia Smutniak stars in RaiPlay’s new Italian horror film “Pantafae”

The RaiPlay platform has released the Italian horror film *Pantafae*, directed by Emanuele Scaringi and starring Kasia Smutniak as Marta, a mother who moves with her daughter Nina to a remote mountain village seeking relief from Nina’s sleep‑paralysis condition. In the secluded setting, Nina experiences night‑time visions of a folkloric creature called the Pantafae, blurring the line between medical explanation and local superstition. The film explores the mother’s struggle to protect her child amid an atmosphere of silence, whispered legends, and an unsettling presence that haunts the night.

*Pantafae* draws on Apennine folklore to create a psychological horror that questions whether the threat is internal, supernatural, or rooted in the community’s hidden histories. The movie is now available for streaming on RaiPlay.