“This story’s a simple one, so don’t expect some mind-blowing finale because the ending’s the logical outcome of the events I’m going to relate to you.”

With these words CHRISTOPHER ROTH, the scariest serial killer in American literature, sums up his latest book, Witness or Watcher.
Christopher and his wife, CATHERINE, leave for Italy where they have rented a house surrounded by olive trees in Umbria, a magnificent region located in the middle of the country.
A few days after their arrival, they get caught in the middle of a wild boar hunt during a walk in the woods. GIORGIO CARDELLI manages to kill the animal just as it is about to gore Catherine and Christopher Roth.

Cardelli comes to visit them after the accident, he and Roth strike up a friendship. Cardelli is a huge fan of Christopher Roth’s books and shows him several copies translated into Italian.

Not long after that, a young couple is brutally murdered in the woods near the Roths’ rented house. Three days later, Catherine discovers what happened while reading the International Herald Tribune, the newspaper she picks up at the local bookshop every day……

The table is set, dinner is served, but Catherine seems to have disappeared. There’s a small gift package on the table. Roth opens it and discovers a picture and a letter inside. The picture’s a Polaroid of the couple killed in the woods, the mark left on the victims’ cheeks is unmistakable, each of them has been pierced by a boar tusk. The letter is from the killer...

“Dear Mr. Roth,
I can’t tell you how delighted I was when I heard you were in Umbria, I’m one of your most fervent admirers. You have a way of portraying pain that is so fascinating, so real. Yes, real, because all the feelings you describe so well are exactly like those I experience.”
The Killer will become Catherine and Christopher Roth’s worst nightmare. A nightmare whose violence will be greater than anything Roth ever envisioned.

Cast: Joaquim de Almeida, Anna Galiena, Inigo Lezzi, Gessica Bonanni, Francesco Guzzo and with Ben Gazzara.

Production: Daidalos Pictures, I&L Films, Mediapro Studios, Mollywood.

Christoher Roth

directed by Max Sender