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:

Match Factory Productions, The Apartment, Kavac, Sur-Film, Crybaby Films, Mubi, Rai Cinema, Metafilms, Anna Films, In Bloom, with the support of Film und Medienstiftung NRW, Medienboard, German Federal Film Board

country:

Germany/Italy/Spain/UK/USA

year:

2025

format:

colour

status:

In post-production (09/12/2024)

In the claustrophobic confines of a rural estate, a family struggles with their tangled web of hereditary diseases. Among them is Alessandro, a young man with epilepsy and paranoid tendencies. Alessandro's obsessive nature takes a dark turn when a series of dreadful accidents and murders is set into motion.