Paolo Strippoli on His Venice Thriller ‘The Spiral’ and Directing Valeria Bruni Tedeschi as a Demonic Character Who Does ‘Truly Horrible Things’ (EXCLUSIVE)

Paolo Strippoli, who is Italy’s hottest young helmer of genre movies, is back at Venice Film Festival with “The Spiral.” The high-concept thriller stars Valeria Bruni Tedeschi as a demonic character called The Stranger, who entices a young mother played by Jasmine Trinca into forging a Faustian pact. “The Spiral” centers on a mother-daughter relationship…