Manor House Malmkrog

Cristi Puiu / Romania, Serbia, Switzerland, North Macedonia, Sweden, Bosnia and Herzegovina / 2020 / 200 min / Russian, Hungarian, Romanian, French

At the turn of the 20th century, a landowner, a politician, a young countess, a Russian general and his wife gather in a luxurious country mansion. They indulge in sumptuous dishes, play parlour games, and engage in long discussions about death and the Antichrist, progress and morality.

cast Agathe Bosch, Frédéric Schulz-Richard, Diana Sakalauskaité, Ugo Broussot, Marina Palii, István Téglás

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