The Hallucinations

Feature film – In development

1728. Heir to the throne, unruly princess Elizaveta has never wished for queendom. No doctor could explain a strange tinnitus in her ear, manifesting through sounds and music from our age. Even after doing everything she could to ruin her debut in the high society, the king manages to arrange a marriage for her against her will. But the sounds become visions, and she starts seeing the palace turned into a museum in the future and slowly learns that the kingdom will fall, and that she will meet a tragic end. Trying to warn the court to no avail, she understands that she is being neglected, silenced and trapped by a deaf power drowning in hubris. To save the memory of her, she decides to draw an herbarium, hiding her secrets in flowers.

SUPPORTED BY

Onassis Foundation – Development Grant
Festival de Cannes – La Residence – CNC Award for Best Project
TorinoFilmLab – ScriptLab 2024

A brochure can be downloaded on the website of Festival de Cannes.