Two strangers meet in an apartment for a sex date, but a special feeling immediately arises between them. Too afraid to follow their hearts, Marcello and Herman decide to play a game, using an ancient dice made of stone. They establish six actions to perform, one for each side: telling an uncomfortable truth, doing something the other likes, inviting a third person, doing something blindfolded, leaving the apartment, having sex. As years go by, while they keep on playing, the conflict between the desire to be together and the fear of yet another failed relationship becomes increasingly problematic. Will they be able to find the strength to make choices and break the vicious cycle they have entered or will the game continue until fate decides for them?
Simultaneously sumptuous and gorgeous, garish and grim, this is a re-working of Pinocchio for the neo-liberal era. Rachel Maclean’s dark fairytale, which represented Scotland at the Venice Biennale 2017, depicts a brash and baroque binary world of poverty and riches where the prospect of easy wealth tempts even good boys like Pic into bad ways. But if everyone believes the lie, what’s the problem?
Duas mulheres envolvidas em uma elaborada fantasia de dominação e submissão. Evelyn (Chiara D'Anna), a mais nova, é uma empregada doméstica tímida e hesitante. Já Cynthia (Sidse Babett Knudsen), uma senhora de meia-idade, é a dona da casa que manda uma série de instruções e punições humilhantes a jovem. Tudo parte de um jogo no qual Evelyn se mostra a mais entusiasmada. As duas amantes também assistem a seminários na universidade local sobre o ciclo de vida de borboletas e mariposas. Mas a relação começa a entrar em crise quando Cynthia demonstra sinais de desgaste, uma falha que vai testar os limites dessa situação.
In the 1970s, a British sound technician is brought to Italy to work on the sound effects for a gruesome horror film. His nightmarish task slowly takes over his psyche, driving him to confront his own past.
