Punish Me

Directed by Angelina Maccarone

Produced by MMM Film Zimmermann & Co

A dark, psychologically complex exploration of an illicit power-dynamic relationship between an adult woman and a minor, examining desire, vulnerability, and moral transgression.

Angelina Maccarone's intense drama deals with the obsessive relationship between a confused teenager and an elder woman. Elsa Seifert successfully works as probation officer, but the relationship to her longtime companion is in trouble since their common daughter moved out. Then she gets to know Jan, a 16-years-old offender, who frankly offers to submit himself sexually to her. Although being shocked in the beginning, Elsa gets more and more attracted by the young man...