A man destined for a mediocre life transforms and becomes, the most infamous drug dealer in the city. His entire demeanor changes—he adopts an elegant wardrobe, refined manners, and an obsessive love for the wealth. Yet in the moment he clings to this symbol of purity, he loses all compassion, capacity for love, and sensitivity. One night, he steps into a restaurant on business. Over an hour and a half, he encounters every possible facet of his personality and every conceivable form of human depravity. He knows everyone there - he is the link to their shadow lives. The patrons and staff, who outwardly lead respectable lives, harbor unspeakable secrets. This is a labyrinth of lies so intricate that escape seems impossible. Meanwhile, in a nearby hotel suite, a young man sits motionless next to a corpse. The moment of action has already passed; his fate is sealed. He finally understands who he is and what he’s capable of - and he knows he can no longer forgive himself. He picks up a snow globe and throws it just as agents burst in, unloading their guns. As he surrenders, chaos erupts in the restaurant. The apocalypse begins. Every vice is exposed, and every secret unraveled. The web of lies dissolves, destructive as truth always is. That snow globe held their fates, which now lie shattered on a shelf alongside countless other globes, each enclosing a thousand possible destinies.

This story crosses the fine line between the irony of evil and the sadness of good, tracing a slow, inevitable descent between absolution and dissolution. It is a Greek tragedy fueled by misunderstandings and perverse coincidences. The world the characters inhabit is one of the implausible, a realm of enchantment encased within the fragile boundaries of a snow globe. It is a surrealist film set almost entirely in a single location, where the full spectrum of human deviance takes the stage. The film offers a vision of the world experienced solely through the senses. It is The Count of Monte Cristo reimagined, where perception doesn’t reflect reality as it is but reshapes it through the lens of individual consciousness. There is no singular truth. Each character observes their little shred of the story, unable to see the broader picture that will let them culminate in the apocalypse. Everything is a performance - a labyrinth of illusions. And life, paraphrasing Italo Calvino, is nothing more than a passage from one labyrinth to another. Costumes and set design will craft a surreal, timeless environment free from judgment or morality. Here, everything exists for aesthetics alone. A kaleidoscope of characters weaves a multiplicity of narratives that appear disconnected. Without realizing it, they step into one another’s stories. Unknowingly, they all slide into the same bubble, into a shared fate that will, in just ninety minutes, lead them to a tragic conclusion. It is a Dantean spiral, building tension with every turn. It is the banality of chance that brings together lives so vastly separate.

Director
Lisa Bosi
Story
Lisa Bosi, Davide Dileo
Screenplay
Lisa Bosi
Altri credits

Giangiacomo De Stefano (Responsabile sviluppo)

Producer
Giangiacomo De Stefano
Production
Sonne Film
con il sostegno di Film Commission Torino Piemonte - Piemonte Film Tv Development Fund - dicembre 2024
Last update: 25 February 2025