PIACULUM (2026)
Against a backdrop tinged with red, a dark fairy tale tells Emma’s story. After killing, in self-defence, the man who raped her and branded her skin with a cigarette, the girl becomes convinced that she is a vigilante: every man who smokes appears to her as a threat to be eliminated, and she keeps a cigarette from each of them as a ritual trophy. She is convinced she is performing a sacred act of purification and justice to protect other women – a piaculum, in other words. But during her final murder, her mask as a protector crumbles, revealing the abyss of blind madness.
Directors: Federica Luna Di Taranto, Davide De Conte.
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Valentina Milito as |
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Simone Pascale as |
| Directing | Federica Luna Di Taranto | Director |
| Directing | Davide De Conte | Director |
| Writing | Federica Luna Di Taranto | Writer |
| Writing | Davide De Conte | Writer |
| Art | Giovanni B. Scaletta | Set Designer |
| Writing | Giovanni B. Scaletta | Writer |
| Writing | Beatrice Rizzello | Writer |
| Writing | Tom Frances Palattao | Writer |
| Camera | Beatrice Rizzello | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Tom Frances Palattao | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Tom Frances Palattao | Editor |
