Into the Labyrinth (2019) is, dare I say it, a labyrinthine film, written and directed by Donato Carrisi, from his novel of the same name. Its Russian doll plot is combined with some interesting visuals to hold your attention, but it demands work to realise which plot is nested within which.
A thirteen year old girl is kidnapped off the street. Fifteen years later a confused and frightened Samantha (Valentina Belle) wakes up in a hospital bed. Hoping to help the authorities catch her kidnapper, psychologist Doctor Green (Dustin Hoffman) wants Samantha to recount her time in the labyrinth.
Inexplicably, only these scenes with Hoffman are in English, the rest of the film is in Italian.
Meanwhile, as the police continue their investigation, debt collector Bruno Genko (Toni Servillo), in a last chance at redemption before cancer kills him, sets out to honour a contract made with Samantha’s family, and find her kidnapper. As Genko gumshoes his way from one damaged soul to the next, the mysterious bunny-headed-man becomes his prime suspect. But who is he?
