Film

Call Me Salomè

Director

Claudio Sestieri

Year

2005

From Oscar Wilde's Masterpeice

Herod is a Neapolitan boss who runs The Last Emperor, an infamous local, and Herodias is his vicious partner. Salomè is a young, immature and beautiful girl, desired by many men including her stepfather Herod. John is a protester held in captivity by the friends of Herod begins to read the sacred texts until he lost his mind becoming "the prophet". Passion and intrigue between different characters build a network of personal dramas and tragedies.