Selma Munks­gaard-​Han­sen

During a scorching summer in the mountains of southern Italy, young, shy Luca develops an attraction for Valerio, an older boy with a passion for motorcycles. The two meet in secret, in the quiet of the countryside just outside the small town where they live. Chasing a desire that slowly escalates into obsession, Luca is forced to come to terms with the blurred boundary between pleasure and violence.

A young artist decides to create the perfect painting. For every brushstroke he paints, he gets further one in a long psychological process and soon cracks his picture of the perfect.