original title:
Rosebush pruning
directed by:
cast:
screenplay:
Efthimis Filippou, based on the film "Fists in the Pocket" by Marco Bellocchio
cinematography:
editing:
Heike Parplies
set design:
Rodrigo Martirena
costume design:
Bina Daigeler
music:
producer:
production:
Mubi, Match Factory Productions, Kavac, The Apartment, Sur-Film, Crybaby Films, Rai Cinema, Metafilms, Anna Films, In Bloom, with the support of Film und Medienstiftung NRW, Medienboard, German Federal Film Board
distribution:
world sales:
country:
Italy/Germany/Spain/UK
year:
2026
film run:
97'
format:
colour
status:
Ready (20/01/2026)
festivals & awards:
In an opulent villa beneath the Catalonian sun, American siblings Jack, Ed, Anna and Robert wallow in isolation and their inherited fortune, eschewing the demands of their blind father, and seeking love and validation through each other and their latest designer clothes. When Jack, the eldest brother and linchpin of this family, announces that he is moving in with his girlfriend Martha, blood ties are severed and Ed is forced to uncover the truth surrounding their mother’s death. Generational lies begin to unravel, and the fabric of this family slowly begins to disintegrate. A biting satire about the absurdity of the traditional patriarchal family.