The Spiral

Plot

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?

About The Spiral

The Spiral (Italian: L'estranea, lit. 'The Stranger') is a 2026 thriller film co-written and directed by Paolo Strippoli. A co-production of Italy, France, and Belgium, it stars Jasmine Trinca, Romana Maggiora Vergano, Adriano Giannini, and Valeria Bruni Tedeschi. The film had its world premiere in the main competition of the 83rd Venice International Film Festival on 7 September 2026, where it competed for the Golden Lion. It was theatrically released in Italy on 8 October 2026. It was also selected as the Italian entry for Best International Feature Film at the 99th Academy Awards.

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