The Spiral
YEAR
2026
LENGHT
115’
GENRE
Fiction, Thriller
WHERE
Puglia, Italy
DIRECTION
Paolo Strippoli
Cast
Jasmine Trinca, Romana Maggiora Vergano, Adriano Giannini
PRODUCTION
Propaganda Italia with Rai Cinema and Dinamo Film
Kazak Productions (France)
Tarantula Film (Belgium)
FESTIVAL
In competition at the 2026 Venice Biennale
PLOT
During a thunderstorm, Anna shows up unannounced at her daughter Alice’s flat in Rome to reveal to her that their entire family history rests on a lie she told her. Anna claims to have made a pact with a mysterious Stranger to save Alice’s leg after an accident twenty years earlier. A pact that has triggered a domino effect, causing terrible events over the years. Only Alice can help to put everything right. But at what price?