Do You Like Hitchcock?

He starts spying on his attractive neighbor while collecting Fritz Lang films for his film school thesis. He spots Sasha during a planned video-store visit, marking the first seed of the fixation that drives the plot. The encounter sets up the voyeuristic premise that fuels the story.

Sasha and Federica strike up a friendship while both trying to rent Alfred Hitchcock's Strangers on a Train at the same time. They connect in the store and form a bond that hints at the dangerous parallels to the Hitchcock tale. The scene establishes a growing complicity between the two women.

The next day, Giulio bicycles by and catches Sasha and Federica having a secret conversation by a fountain. The moment deepens the sense that Sasha hides something and that Federica may be involved in more than she lets on. It foreshadows the unfolding conspiracy.

An intruder uses a key to enter Sasha's apartment while her mother is home alone and murders her with a brass pestle. The brutal crime shocks the neighborhood and triggers the police investigation. Giulio becomes a person of interest as the case unfolds.

Giulio is awakened by the police and questioned about the murder. He begins to suspect Sasha and Federica have formed a deadly bargain like the one in Strangers on a Train. The idea of an accomplice-for-hire arrangement seeds the rest of the plot.

The next day, Giulio tells his girlfriend Arianna about his suspicions that Sasha and Federica are in agreement to swap killings. Arianna remains skeptical, but the confession increases the couple's emotional tension. The conversation marks a shift from curiosity to dangerous obsession.

Giulio spots the cleaning crew cleaning the crime scene across the street and retrieves a bank statement from the mailbox showing almost 1 million euros in Sasha Zerboni's account. The discovery provides money as a possible motive and a tangible lead. He returns to his apartment to process the clue as new family news arrives.

Back at Sasha's apartment, the cleaning crew chief informs her that Giulio had visited earlier. Sasha grows more wary, sensing that someone is watching her. The sense of danger widens as more pieces of the mystery fall into place.

An unknown intruder breaks into Giulio's apartment, breaking an empty wine bottle before fleeing when Giulio wakes. To cope with the mounting nerves, Giulio asks Arianna to spend the night. The break-in intensifies the fear that someone is targeting him.

The following day, Giulio follows Federica to her workplace and discovers that her boss is blackmailing her for sexual favors over money she stole from a client. The revelation adds a grim dimension to Federica's motives and suggests a web of coercion behind the pair's actions.

While tailing Federica, Giulio climbs a building ledge and tumbles, fracturing his ankle. A doctor informs him that he'll need a cast for weeks. Arianna comes to help him mend, and their relationship strains under the weight of the investigation.

Andrea, the video-store clerk, attempts to drown Giulio in the bathtub during a confrontation at Giulio's apartment. Giulio's mother and her fiancé arrive, breaking down the door and pulling Andrea away. Andrea flees into the street and is fatally hit by a car, escalating the danger surrounding the trio.

The police arrest Sasha. Arianna and Giulio see a woman dressed in black—Federica—in disguise around Sasha's apartment, confirming Giulio's theory. Federica is chased to the rooftop, slips, but is caught by the inspector and arrested, ending the immediate threat.

In the film's closing moment, Giulio is out of his cast and receives a call from his mother. He notices a new, almost naked woman reading a book in Sasha's former apartment, a provocative ending that echoes the story's voyeuristic premise. The scene suggests the tension between looking and being watched continues.