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Metamorphoses

A policeman chasing a killer needs help from a girl who can channel the victims’ severed tongues.

synopsis

A grieving police officer finds a new lead that opens a cold case his wife was working on before she fell into a coma five years ago. But beating him to the crime scene is a young girl on her way to school. The police officer suspects the girl took something from the crime scene, as the killer always left one thing behind: the victim’s severed tongue. When he confronts the girl, he discovers that she has a special ability; she can channel the tongue, revisiting the victim’s past. Knowing she is his only hope of hunting down the killer and finding out what happened to his wife, they embark on an investigation together. They are led by eight tongues with eight different stories and eight possibilities of dying. Not only will it reveal the past of the victims, but also that of the police officer and the girl, and why it’s no coincidence that they were asked to listen.

Director’statement

The title reveals it, we got inspired by Ovid’s Metamorphoses. Or maybe inspired is the wrong word. The stories are good, what happens in them: horrible. The Gods were often evil. And they were immortal, so they had infinite time to be so. Maybe it’s inherent to the Gods, having a main character syndrome. Taking bodies, minds, and voices – and getting away with it. We got intrigued to tell the stories from the other perspectives. The idea of giving a voice to those who had it taken away. So. A girl finds a severed tongue that asks her to listen, and by doing so the girl can give the victim her voice back and get the truth out in the open. But not without bringing herself and a police officer in danger. Our series is a mysterious fairytale meets thrilling investigation. It’s about listening and being heard. About grief, how to be empathetic but also about the danger of making the trauma of others your own.

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