Lyvia was taken down from her cross, she was hardly consciouss when she reached the ground. The young girl rushed to her side with the flask of water. The soldiers, believing she was her family, allowed her to get near. Once again, as she did before, the young girl try to give Lyvia some water.
The tortured woman opened her eyes and moved her head, raising it slowly as the girl let the water drip into her mouth. Lyvia drank it slowly, painfully. The relief was evident as she tried to talk. "What's your name?" Lyvia managed to whisper. "Rachel" said the young girl. "Thank you Rachel" Lyvia managed to say before the soldiers grabbed the crossbar where her wrists were attached and began to drag here.

Lyvia was dragged all the way back to the piazza in the small city to continue with her punishments. She wasn't raised this time, her body was dragged on the dirt, facing down, her face almost touching the road, her arms stretched up.

When they reach the center of the piazza she was raised up until she was almost standing, held by two soldiers. Her nest sentence was read.

"For the murder of an officer of the Roman Legion, you're condemned to 200 lashes and to be crucified. You will hang from the cross until you die."

After the sentence was read Lyvia was lowered to the ground again. The executioner approached the woman with a hammer, nails, and a whip with lead tips. The crowd that was gathering again was silent.

The conmmanding officer gave the order. "Nail her hand before the flogging". The executioner assented and walked to the girl. Her wrists were untied from the narrow crossbar that was holding her. A new crossbar, wider, was placed near her head. There were holes on the extremes of the crossbard. One of her hands was placed on top of crossbar, over the hole. One soldier grabbed her legs while another one held her free arm.

The executioner placed the tip of the nail on the palm of her hand, at an angle, and raised the hammer.

This is the fourth time I work a crucifixioin with Camille. I did this a few times with Margot and once with MaRe. But never in a very elaborate way. This time I'm taking many details into account. I want Camille to move a lot during the nailing, to raise her body as much as she can.

My interest in these sessions are not only to please my need to live some of my fantasies, but to work out the details of what I want to see in the movie. In the scene I want to shoot I imagine a rocky plain, the sky is red as the sun goes down, the Martyr is naked and in full view. She's nailed to the cross and as the nail brakes her hand we see her body in sillouhete.

This is not happening now, of course, but Camille's movements are right. She's doing it the way I wanted it.