A stupid need

In the backroom of a small-town shoe store, three lives unfold in quiet collision. Marcello, shy and withdrawn, harbors a silent love for Michela. Michela, bold and restless, seeks escape in a physical relationship with Maurizio, their older manager. Maurizio, pragmatic and emotionally detached, plays along without asking questions. With dry lines and a stark black-and-white palette, A Stupid Need captures the dissonance between desire and reality, affection and survival. A lucid, unsparing portrait of emotional dependency and human frailty, where love is not salvation—but a stubborn, sometimes painful necessity.