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Credits

Director

Paolo Strippoli
Screenwriters

Jacopo Del Giudice, Paolo Strippoli, Milo Tissone
With

Michele Riondino, Romana Maggiora Vergano, Giulio Feltri
Italy-Slovenia 2025. 122min
Courtesy of

Fandango Sales
Language

Italian

With English subtitles

Introduction

Sergio, a bereaved teacher, enters a village whose uncommonly happy nature appears to be linked the mysterious powers of a young teenager. A strong sense of place underpins the strangeness of this clever, increasingly tense tale, whose secrets are only gradually revealed. With its thick atmosphere of dread, it recalls both The Wicker Man and Village of the Damned.

Adrian Wootton

With thanks to Cinecittà

Content warning

Contains scenes of graphic violence or injury and self-harm.

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