

Sebastiano teaches high school gym classes and coaches swimming. He’s got a job, a girlfriend, and a pretty normal life. But as young Martin starts to infiltrate Sebastiano’s life, his world will get turned upside down. Eerie from the first frame, this Hitchcockian thriller portrays sexual obsession with terrifying realism.
Direction
Berger weaponizes empty space and locker room silence.
Acting
De Pietro's dead-eyed longing will haunt your sleep.

Director
Marco Berger
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Berger pioneered the 'New Argentine Cinema' queer thriller wave, where repression becomes its own violence.
The swimming pool serves as liquid graveyard—every underwater shot mirrors drowning in plain sight.