In a bleak interrogation room, a writer named Katurian is pulled into a nightmare he never imagined. Known for his disturbing short stories—tales filled with violence, damaged childhoods, and unsettling imagination—he now finds himself questioned by the police when a series of child murders eerily resemble scenes from his fiction.
As the hours pass, two contrasting officers, Tupolski and Ariel, press him for answers. Their methods clash, their tempers shift, and every story Katurian has ever written suddenly becomes potential evidence. The pressure intensifies when they reveal that his vulnerable brother, Michal, may be connected to the crimes in ways Katurian never expected.
Reality and imagination start to blur. Katurian’s own stories echo hauntingly through the investigation, forcing him to confront what it means to create dark art in a world already full of darkness. Is a writer responsible for the shadows he puts on the page? Do stories shape people, or do people shape stories? And how much pain must an artist endure to tell the truth?
As the night spirals deeper, Katurian and Michal face choices that cut to the bone—choices about loyalty, creation, guilt, and the cost of telling stories that refuse to be silenced.
A tense psychological drama wrapped inside a writer’s worst fears, The Pillowman explores the fragile line between fiction and reality… and the dangerous places where they collide.
