L'eredità di Caino

A slow, dreamlike plunge into obsession and memory, more emotional than narrative, demanding patience and rewarding it with unsettling intimacy.

Directed by

Luca Acito, Sebastiano Montresor

Genres

Drama

Starring

Filippo Timi, Cristina Golotta, Anna Mascino

Overview

The film narrates the relationship between the leading character, Leopold von Sacher-Masoch, and four women: Wanda von Dunajev (the Venus in Fur), Anna Klauer (a single prostitute), the Maid (almost a mother figure), and the Contess Aunt Xenobia (the first sexual impulse). Haidée - both the leading character's delirious alter ego and instigator of events - accompanies his host untill he awakens the deepest truth of each one of the characters. Haidée's dream reveals the characters' truths, lies, memories, projections, fears and sufferings in a context which is more emotional than narrative.

How it feels

Eerie, melancholic, dark and tense. Slow-burning and demanding.

About

Obsession, identity, sexuality, memory

Content

Strong sexual content. Mild violence and language. No gore.

Note

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