The Place
After the huge success of PERFETTI SCONOSCIUTI, Paolo Genovese returns with a film following the fates of an apparently random group of strangers who come into contact with a mysterious man in a cosy bar.
The man sits at the same table every day, with a schedule full of meetings. Day and night, he waits for his ‘clients’ who ask him to help them realize their sometimes impossible desires. A father wishes for his son, who is dying of cancer, to be healed. An old lady wants her husband to recover from Alzheimer, a young nun wants to believe in God again, a woman wishes her husband would fall in love with her again. And the mechanic would love to have an affair with the porn star portrayed in the poster hung in his garage.
The man accepts to grant the visitors’ wishes, but asks them to do something in return. What will they be ready to do to get what they want? And who is the mysterious, nameless man?