Plot
In this stylish and atmospheric psychological thriller reminiscent of Henry James's Turn of the Screw, a widowed English writer brings a young, glamorous new bride to his bleak, isolated home in rural Spain. She soon becomes obsessed with her 12-year old stepson, who she learns has just been expelled from school for mysterious offenses; while the boy enjoys, exploits, and feeds her increasing paranoia about him. That he is a brilliant and lonely child is obvious. But is he the victim of a neurotic woman's overwrought imagination-- in Shakespeare's words, the innocent flower, or the serpent under it?
Written by
Trevor Preston, Andrea Bianchi, Erich Kröhnke
Directed by
James Kelley, Andrea Bianchi
Crew
Production Countries
United Kingdom
Production Companies
Cemo Film, Corona Filmproduktion, Eguiluz Films
Languages
English, Italiano
Awards
N/A