Winter Sea

A secretive woman's intimate relationship to her brother is threatened when an unexpected guest shows up for dinner at their eccentric mother's house.

"As a story-teller, I wanted my audience to experience a process of discovery about what is concealed under the surface of the film's narrative thread. In most families, there is a hidden secret. In most successful films, there is an underlying, unspoken tension which haunts the characters' every action, motion and statement. I was interested in exploring what was not in the words, but underneath the words: in the pauses, the looks and the silences." (E. Tasini)