What You Wish For (2023)★ 7.3/10

Despite some lapses in logic, the film deftly links gambling debts to the metaphor of cannibalism, striking at the era’s hidden wounds: we are all part of an unseen feast, seated either at the table or on the plate. As the camera lingers on the villa’s warm lights, the true horror is that the banquet never ends—it merely changes diners.

The deeper it goes, the more enthralling it becomes—and disturbingly so. Like the guests savoring the “delicacies,” I found myself hoping the police would never uncover the truth. With cold elegance, the director reminds us that cannibalism has always been horrifyingly simple and disturbingly rational.