The Spiral
On a stormy night in Rome, Anna arrives at her daughter Alice’s apartment with a devastating confession: their entire family history is built on a lie. Twenty years earlier, after a horrific accident that nearly cost Alice her leg, Anna claims she made a pact with a mysterious Stranger to save her. But the miracle came at a price. What she believed was a single desperate bargain has in fact unleashed a spiraling chain reaction — a domino effect of increasingly dark events that have haunted their lives ever since. Now, the Stranger has come to collect. And Anna is convinced that only Alice can break the spiral and set things right. But at what cost?
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Cast
13 people
Jasmine Trinca
Anna
Known for
On My Skin
The Gunman
Romana Maggiora Vergano
Alice
Known for
Those About to Die
There's Still Tomorrow
Adriano Giannini
Walter
Known for
The Consequences of Love
Supersex
Valeria Bruni Tedeschi
Stranger
Known for
Human Capital
Like Crazy
Gabriella Telegrafo
Alice (1999)
No other roles listed
Alessandro Carbonara
Tobia (1999)
Mariandrea Cesari
Alice (2006)
Also in
My Fashion
Mudmonster
Andrea Rossini
Tobia (2006)
Andrea Genovese
Tobia (2025)
No other roles listed
Marina Limosani
Lidia Mariani
Known for
Palazzina LAF
Raffaele Braia
Maresciallo Luigi Grieco
Known for
RIPLEY
Santocielo
Irene Maria Rita Moccia
Pianist
Paolo Strippoli Director · Salvatore de Chirico Screenplay Robin Coudert Composer
Budget $5.5M · First release September 7, 2026 · Produced in Belgium, France, Italy
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Budget
$5,500,000
Production
Propaganda Italia
Production
MiC
Production
Kazak Productions
Production
Tarantula
Production
Dinamo Film
Production
RAI Cinema
Production
Shelter Prod
Production
BeTV & Orange
Production
Proximus
Production
Belgium · France · Italy
Produced in
Languages
Original title
L'estranea
Original language
Italian
Spoken on screen
Italian
Release dates
Italy · September 7, 2026
Premiere · Venice International Film Festival
Italy · October 8, 2026
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Austria
October 2, 2026 · Premiere · Slash Filmfestival
Canada
September 13, 2026 · Premiere · Toronto International Film Festival
France
April 21, 2027 · Theatrical
Poland
October 16, 2026 · Premiere · Warsaw International Film Festival
Singapore
October 30, 2026 · Premiere · Singapore International Film Festival
South Korea
October 9, 2026 · Premiere · Busan International Film Festival
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