Threads of Desire

A young boy’s fantasy about love towards an older woman is disenchanted when he is faced with the reality of intimacy.

In 1940s southern Italy, a rebellious girl and her strict grandmother live in a war-torn village. When the girl meets a mysterious orphan boy, their secret friendship leads her toward a harrowing discovery in an abandoned minefield.

On the brink of their thirties, five longtime friends reunite for a farewell getaway, but their idyllic retreat turns sour when they lose their beloved dogs in the woods.