The Spider's Stratagem
MysteryDramasmall towncountrysidefather murderinvestigationunknown fatheroedipus complexwhite lieitalian resistance
A labyrinthine psychological mystery about a man investigating his father's death, only to discover that truth itself may be a collective fiction woven by an entire town.
A young man returns to his countryside hometown to investigate the unclear circumstances behind the death of his father, ostensibly killed by Fascists in 1936, before his birth. As he unravels a web of lies that seems to encompass the whole town, he finds himself entangled in the same web.
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