Mournful Unconcern

Synopsis

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.

Main Cast

Ramaz Chkhikvadze

Shotover

Age : N/A | Popularity : 18%

Alla Osipenko

Ariadne

Age : N/A | Popularity : 10%

Tatiana Egorova

Hesione

Age : N/A | Popularity : 1%

Dmitry Bryantsev

Hector

Age : N/A | Popularity : 2%

Irina Sokolova

Guinness's nurse

Age : N/A | Popularity : 7%

Vladimir Zamanskiy

Madzini

Age : N/A | Popularity : 14%

Tatiana Yegorova

Age : N/A | Popularity : 0%

Vadim Zhuk

Age : N/A | Popularity : 4%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Directing	Director	Aleksandr Sokurov
Writing	Writer	Yuriy Arabov George Bernard Shaw
	Theatre Play	George Bernard Shaw
Camera	Director of Photography	Sergey Yurizditskiy
Editing	Editor	Leda Semyonova
Art	Production Design	Yelena Amshinskaya
Sound	Sound	Vladimir Persov
Department	Role	Name

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