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Скорбное бесчувствие (1987)
The action in this lavishly produced film takes place at an oddly ark-shaped mansion during World War I, and in spirit (although not in story) it reflects the play which inspired it, the ferociously antiwar Heartbreak House by George Bernard Shaw. A large group of family and friends have gathered at this country house to dance, drink, and converse. Their conversation, in particular, is adorned with erudite literary references and quotations. Despite their apparent refinement, their preoccupations are simple: sex and violence. Disquieting images break the tranquility of the vacationers' inappropriate idyll: some of these include documentary footage of starving African children, images (both real and re-enacted) of George Bernard Shaw going about his daily life, and a corpse coming to life on an autopsy table, only to cheapen that miracle by scolding a group of women. The music used in the film ironically points to its disturbing message and is uniformly anachronistic.
Updated May 27 2020
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Cast
Irina Sokolova
Guinness's nurse
Alla Osipenko
Ariadne
Tatiana Egorova
Hesione
Dmitry Bryantsev
Hector
Crew
Alexander Sokurov
Director
Yuriy Arabov
Writer
Сергей Юриздицкий
Director of Photography
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