Malus Domestica

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Malus Domestica

Malus Domestica

original title:

Malus Domestica

screenplay:

set design:

costume design:

Giulia Lombardi

music:

Fabrizio Rabacchi, Lamusa II

country:

Italy

year:

2025

film run:

6'

format:

colour

status:

Ready (04/10/2025)

festivals & awards:

  • CRoFFI 2025
  • FiPiLi 2025: Weird: - Miglior trucco/effetti speciali corti

On an ordinary evening, a couple’s routine is shaken by a mysterious force. The man, inexplicably drawn to it, spirals into a growing obsession, triggering a series of dramatic events that challenge their perception of reality.

DIRECTOR'S NOTES:
The film was born from the desire to transform a daily, seemingly harmless element, an apple, into a catalyst of tension and unease. Through a visual language suspended between realism and dreamlike suggestion, the narrative explores the fragile balance of a couple, suddenly fractured by an invisible and unsettling presence.
The film engages with ancient and universal archetypes, evoking the dimension of myth while never abandoning the concreteness of the everyday. Its aim is to lead the viewer into a liminal space, where normality shatters and the imagination takes over, leaving open the reflection on the meaning of curse, desire, and the relationship between man and symbol.