The Place

Som i regissør Genoveses forrige film Perfekte fremmede fra 2016, er dette også en film hvor mange karakterers liv og skjebner flettes sammen, men her dreier handlingen mot det mørkere og mer surrealistiske. Manus er basert på den amerikanske tv-serien The Booth at the End. ---- If Perfect Strangers investigated the darkest sides of those who move among us, The Place scandalises the black souls that live within us. The man sitting at the bar, day and night (brought to life by Valerio Mastandrea), gives directions to people who turn to him for advice on how to achieve their own desires, signing a real-life contract with them. To become more beautiful, to spend a night with a porn star, to save a son, to regain sight, and to find God, are just some of the wishes that the various characters in the film reveal to the man at the bar. "It can be done," he answers as he writes quickly in his large planner, filled with notes in every corner of every page. But there is a price. A price that is very high in some cases: stealing a large sum of money, putting a bomb in a room, raping a woman... If the task is assigned, success is guaranteed. It will be up to them to decide whether or not to accept the agreement.