Rosebush pruning

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Rosebush pruning

original title:

Rosebush pruning

directed by:

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

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

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.