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Mournful Unconcern

02/01/1987

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1hr 50min

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Drama

STORY

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.

CAST & CREW

    Cast

  • Ramaz Chkhikvadze
  • Alla Osipenko
  • Tatiana Egorova
  • Dmitry Bryantsev
  • Irina Sokolova

    Director

  • Aleksandr Sokurov

INFORMATION

    Production Companies

  • Lenfilm

    Production Countries

  • Soviet Union

LANGUAGES

  • Russian

Cast

Ramaz Chkhikvadze

Shotover

Alla Osipenko

Ariadne

Tatiana Egorova

Hesione

Dmitry Bryantsev

Hector

Irina Sokolova

Guinness's nurse

Vladimir Zamanskiy

Madzini

Vadim Zhuk

Ilya Rivin

Vladimir Dmitriev

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