The Spiral | Splat! FilmFest

“Italian Oscar nominee. During a violent storm, Anna unexpectedly shows up at her daughter Alice's house. He brings with him a secret that can change everything Alice knows about her family. Twenty years earlier, after the tragic accident of her daughter, Anna made a pact with a mysterious woman. Now its consequences return, and the past begins to claim its own.

“The Spiral” is a dark story combining family drama, psychological thriller and horror. Paolo Strippoli builds tension around family secrets, guilt and the obsessive need to regain control of his own destiny. The sultry atmosphere and fairytale, disturbing tone are gradually giving way to an increasingly violent story about the price to pay for trying to deceive fate.”