Completed - ENGLISH, ITALIAN - Thriller, Horror - 85 minutes
A couple returns to their family’s ancient palazzo where sinister shadows from the past reappear.
Year of production : 2018 Director(s) : Rossella DE VENUTO Cast : Fiona GLASCOTT, Federico CASTELLUCCIO, Pietro RAGUSA, Bianca NAPPI, Marcello PRAYER, Ray LOVELOCK, Salvatore LAZZARO Producer(s) : Maurizio ANTONINI (Interlinea Films)
Megan (Fiona Glascott), a successful Irish artist, lives in Dublin with her husband Leo (Pietro Ragusa), an Italian architect who emigrated there several years ago. After receiving the news of the death of Leo’s uncle, Monsignor Domenico - a powerful catholic priest whose death has prompted a campaign for his beatification - the couple travels to Apulia, in southern Italy, to handle Leo’s unexpected inheritance: the family ancient palace. Leo’s intention is to sell the house to his brother Nicola (Federico Castelluccio), the town’s priest, and return to Dublin. Megan is enchanted by the Mediterranean surroundings and is fascinated by the house decadent beauty. Meanwhile Leo reconnects with his old friends and rediscovers a world that he had almost forgotten. Left alone at home, during the hottest hours of the summer afternoon, the so called controra, Megan is disturbed by mysterious presences. While trying to understand what is happening she finds in the palace clues to an unsolved mystery linked to Leo’s family. The shadows guide her to unveil the true story of Monsignor Domenico’s past. She shares what she discovers with Father Von Galen, a priest sent by the Vatican to investigate the claims for Domenico’s beatification process. At the same time Leo his haunted as well by the memories of a traumatic past he had blocked out of his mind. As the truth comes to the surface they find themselves in a desperate struggle against forces that are willing to hide the past at all costs.
Country(ies) : ITALY, IRELAND
Ventana Sur 2018 European Cinema