A young businessman who recently became a father decides to release his urge to kill his newborn baby in the cradle by murdering a call girl. But when he invites her in the luxurious suite he has rented for the occasion, he comes to realize that he has fallen into the trap of an S&M game, where the victim and the perpetrator constantly switch roles. Α piercing, clinical, poignant look to the vicious circle of sex and death drives that inhabit every love affair; at the same time, a stylish, kinky black comedy about the infinite loneliness of people in futuristic metropoles, which is only exorcized through pain.
Piercing
Piercing
59th TIFF: Greek Premiere
Screening Schedule
No physical screenings scheduled. |
- Direction: Nicolas Pesce
- Script: Nicolas Pesce, based on the novel by Ryû Murakami
- Cinematography: Zachary Galler
- Editing: Sofía Subercaseaux
- Sound: Michael Kurihara, Daniel Sheppard
- Music: Randall Poster
- Actors: Christopher Abbott, Mia Wasikowska, Laia Costa, Marin Ireland, Maria Dizzia, Wendell Pierce
- Production: Borderline Films
- Producers: Josh Mond, Antonio Campos, Schuyler Weiss, Jacob Wasserman
- Co-producers: Charles Miller, Brighton McCloskey
- Art Direction: Alan Lampert
- Costumes: Whitney Adams
- Executive producer: Sean Durkin, Max Born, Avi Stern, Emilie Georges, Naima Abed, Nicholas Kaiser, Al Di, Phil Hoelting
- Make Up: Mike Marino
- Format: DCP
- Color: Color
- Production Country: USA
- Production Year: 2018
- Duration: 81΄
- Contact: Memento Films International, sales@memento-films.com
- Awards/Distinctions: Imaging the Future Award & International Critic's Award-Neuchâtel International Fantastic Film Festival (2018)
Nicolas Pesce
Nicolas Pesce (1990, USA) graduated from New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts. Before he started making feature films, he directed popular music videos for Tei Shi and Show Me The Body. His debut film The Eyes of My Mother premiered at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival. He has also done video work for Snoop Dogg and The Black Keys. In 2013, Pesce developed an animated series starring Malcolm McDowell, J.K. Simmons, and Colin Quinn. Piercing (2018) is his second feature.
Filmography
2016 The Eyes of My Mother
2018 Piercing
2018 Piercing