12 minutes of stairs, shadows, and one very loud bird. You won't breathe.
A woman and a crowd of men inhabit a gloomy building. One day at the top of the huge staircase a caw is heard.
Direction
Martina Mele weaponizes negative space.
Sound
That caw will haunt your nervous system.
Cinematography
Staircase as prison, church, and threat.
Director
Martina Mele
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Mele's title translates to 'rapacity'—the building's hungry architecture mirrors predatory group behavior.
Part of a wave of Italian female directors exploring bodies in contested spaces; premiered at Locarno's Pardi di Domani competition.
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