The Spiral (2026)
On a stormy night in Rome, Anna arrives at her daughter Alice’s apartment with a devastating confession: their entire family history is built on a lie. Twenty years earlier, after a horrific accident that nearly cost Alice her leg, Anna claims she made a pact with a mysterious Stranger to save her. But the miracle came at a price. What she believed was a single desperate bargain has in fact unleashed a spiraling chain reaction — a domino effect of increasingly dark events that have haunted their lives ever since. Now, the Stranger has come to collect. And Anna is convinced that only Alice can break the spiral and set things right. But at what cost?
Director:
Paolo Strippoli
Writers:
Paolo Strippoli, Salvatore de Chirico.
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Jasmine Trinca as Anna |
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Romana Maggiora Vergano as Alice |
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Adriano Giannini as Walter |
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Valeria Bruni Tedeschi as Stranger |
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Gabriella Telegrafo as Alice (1999) |
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Alessandro Carbonara as Tobia (1999) |
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Mariandrea Cesari as Alice (2006) |
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Andrea Rossini as Tobia (2006) |
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Andrea Genovese as Tobia (2025) |
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Marina Limosani as Lidia Mariani |
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Raffaele Braia as Maresciallo Luigi Grieco |
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Irene Maria Rita Moccia as Pianist |
| Directing | Paolo Strippoli | Director |
| Writing | Paolo Strippoli | Screenplay |
| Writing | Salvatore de Chirico | Screenplay |
| Production | Marina Alessandra Marzotto | Producer |
| Production | Mattia Oddone | Producer |
| Camera | Cristiano Di Nicola | Director of Photography |
| Production | Anna Pennella | Casting |
| Production | Jean-Christophe Reymond | Co-Producer |
| Production | Joseph Rouschop | Co-Producer |
| Editing | Federico Palmerini | Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Susanna Mastronardi | Costume Design |
| Art | Marcello Di Carlo | Production Design |
| Visual Effects | Giuseppe Squillaci | VFX Supervisor |
| Visual Effects | Julien Van De Velde | Visual Effects |
| Visual Effects | Sander Jansen | Visual Effects |
| Visual Effects | Laureline Silan | Visual Effects |
| Costume & Make-Up | Vincenza Lamparelli | Makeup Artist |
| Production | Ivan D'Ambrosio | Producer |
| Production | Eva Curia | Co-Producer |
| Production | Fabio Lombardelli | Line Producer |
| Production | Philippe Logie | Associate Producer |
| Sound | Robin Coudert | Original Music Composer |
| Production | Stefania Rodà | Casting |
| Art | Sabina Cellitti | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Pablo Cabello | Hair Designer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Lydia De Martin | Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Samantha Iannace | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Vincenza Lamparelli | Makeup Designer |
| Production | Raffaele Petrone | Production Manager |
| Directing | Tiziano Grasso | First Assistant Director |
| Directing | Luca Mastrototaro | Second Assistant Director |
| Art | Simona Belardi | Assistant Set Decoration |
| Art | Marco Letizia | Storyboard Artist |
| Art | Gabriella Maiolo | Assistant Production Design |
| Art | Angelo Panzironi | Assistant Set Decoration |
| Art | Maurizio Piludu | Assistant Set Dresser |
| Art | Niccolò Spinelli | Set Dresser |
| Art | Alessandra Traina | Assistant Production Design |
| Sound | Marc Bastien | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Sound | Damien Bouffioux | Foley Editor |
| Sound | Marco Candela | Utility Sound |
| Sound | Quentin Collette | Dialogue Editor |
| Sound | Quentin Collette | Sound Mixer |
| Sound | Franco Piscopo | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Corrado Riccomini | Boom Operator |
| Crew | Tiberio Angeloni | Special Effects |
| Crew | Camilla Galiano | Special Effects Technician |
| Visual Effects | Franco Galiano | Special Effects Supervisor |
| Visual Effects | Pino Gengo | CG Artist |
| Visual Effects | Jose Luis Sanchez Merino | Digital Compositor |
| Visual Effects | Bryan Gossuin | Digital Compositor |
| Visual Effects | Flavio Evangelisti | 3D Modeller |
| Visual Effects | Giuseppe Squillaci | Visual Effects Supervisor |
| Visual Effects | Aurelian Andreuta | Digital Compositor |
| Crew | Emanuel Comanducci | Stunt Coordinator |
| Crew | Diego Guerra | Stunt Coordinator |
| Camera | Marco Moroni | Key Grip |
| Lighting | Mario Rosario Pompili | Electrician |
| Lighting | Marco Raimondi | Gaffer |
| Camera | Andrea Rauccio | "B" Camera Operator |
| Production | Matteo Mudaro | Data Management Technician |
| Crew | Grazia Mirabile | Video Assist Operator |
| Camera | Flavio Lombardi | Digital Imaging Technician |
| Camera | Emiliano Fiore | Camera Operator |
| Production | Domenico Cicerone | Casting Assistant |
| Production | Maddalena Crivellente | Casting Assistant |
| Costume & Make-Up | Sara Sechi | Seamstress |
| Costume & Make-Up | Giulia Venier | Assistant Costume Designer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Giulia Venier | Key Costumer |
| Editing | Domenico Calabrese | Online Editor |
| Production | Ilaria Proscia | Location Manager |
| Directing | Laura Biagiotti | Script Supervisor |
| Editing | Valerio Liberatore | Colorist |
| Production | Simona Mazza | Production Coordinator |
| Art | Massimiliano Di Carlo | Property Master |
| Art | Salvatore Lacalaprice | Assistant Property Master |
| Crew | Eugenio Santori | Editorial Staff |