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The Spiral
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?
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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?
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Genre:Drama, Thriller
Written By:Paolo Strippoli, Salvatore de Chirico
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Runtime:115 minutes
Studio:Propaganda Italia, MiC, Kazak Productions, Tarantula, Dinamo Film
Cast
Paolo Strippoli
Director
Jasmine Trinca
Anna
Romana Maggiora Vergano
Alice
Adriano Giannini
Walter
Valeria Bruni Tedeschi
Stranger
Andrea Genovese
Tobia
Marina Limosani
Lidia
Gabriella Telegrafo
Alice 7 years
Mariandrea Cesari
Alice teenager
Alessandro Carbonara
Tobia 13 years
Marina Limosani
Lidia Mariani
Raffaele Braia
Maresciallo Luigi Grieco
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