gothic · italian · priest · sadistic · paranoid · haunted basilica · drug use · bisexual · complex friendship · supernatural
† ROSA CADENTE, ITALY The camera drifts across the crumbling facade of a deserted basilica, its gothic arches swallowed by creeping shadows. Inside, a small chamber holds silent rows of clay Madonna figures. A clumsy foot catches on uneven stone, sending one doll tumbling. It shatters. From the dark of a high window, a silhouette stirs. Eyes narrow, green as poisoned glass. The air thickens, heavy with dust and tension, as the figure speaks, his voice echoing off ancient stone.