PIACULUM
2026 · 6 min · Drama, Thriller
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
- Writers
- Federica Luna Di Taranto, Davide De Conte, Giovanni B. Scaletta, Beatrice Rizzello, Tom Frances Palattao
- Released
- August 8, 2026
- Language
- Italian
Cast
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