The story of Seven Days on the Cross

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Seven Days on the Cross is the story of Varinia as played by Gabrielle D’Cleda.
Varinia is, of course, a fictitious character, but….
It was in the times of the Roman empire, when large territories were under the control of Cesar, that a force of rebels caused great loses to the empire. These rebels were led by Spartacus.
They were overcome by the force of the Roman Legionaires and they all ended up crucified., 2000 of them.
The story goes that as Spartacus was dying his wife was making her way out of Rome with their child. A son who would live as a free man.
That’s as far as the hollywood version of the story goes as told by that genius of cinema, Stanley Kubrik.
In our version, Spartacus wife did manage to live as a free woman and to raise her son as a free man. This man went on to become a rich land owner, thanks in part to the wealth his mother acquired from a roman senator who was in love with her and who assisted her to escape the wrath of Cesar.
This man, Spartacus’ son, a rich man, married a beautiful woman and they had one daugther, who they named Varinia, after her grand mother.
She grew up hearing the tales her grand mother told her time after time. She told her of a great man who died for his people, so they could be free.
One day she decided to follow his path. To carry on his legacy, to free his people.
Mad as it seemed, she did go in search of an army to help her free the still enslaved descendants of the crucified 2000.
Soon she was a legend, leader of a ragtag band that fought its way into the hands of the romans who were not going to allow another Spartacus in their midst.
She was soon betrayed, of course and captured.
Her captors decided to make an example of her to disuade others to follow in her steps. And if 2000 crucified rebels did not make a point before, one woman as an spectacle of pain should.
JJ and Gabrielle got together in NY one day. They were planning to shoot a movie but they had some time. She needed to prepare for her role in the film, and they had the set. They decided to make a new video, this time Gabrielle would be the only one to suffer the cross, and to make it more interesting, she would suffer the cross for seven days. To shoot the seven days on the cross, it took them about four weeks. So, for four weeks Gabrielle suffered the tortures and humilliations that her character, Varinia, would suffer for seven days.Four episodes of this series are available now n The Store.