{
  "id": 5331009,
  "title": "Paolo Strippoli on His Venice Thriller ‘The Spiral’ and Directing Valeria Bruni Tedeschi as a Demonic Character Who Does ‘Truly Horrible Things’ (EXCLUSIVE)",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/03/paolo-strippoli-on-his-venice-thriller-the-spiral-and-directing",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-09-03T12:44:52.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Variety",
    "slug": "variety",
    "url": "https://variety.com/2026/film/festivals/paolo-strippoli-valeria-bruni-demonic-venice-spiral-1236846769/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Paolo Strippoli, who is Italy’s hottest young helmer of genre movies, is back at Venice Film Festival with “The Spiral.” The high-concept thriller stars Valeria Bruni Tedeschi as a demonic character called The Stranger, who entices a young mother played by Jasmine Trinca into forging a Faustian pact. “The Spiral” centers on a mother-daughter relationship […]",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}