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La contessa
(The Countess)
2009, regia di Julie Delpy
Scheda: Nazione: Francia-Germania-USA - Produzione: The Steel Company, Tempête Sous un Crâne, Social Capital, EMC Filmproduktion, Fanes Film, X-Filme Creative Pool - Distribuzione: Italia Film, X Verleih AGCCV, Bac Films, Benelux Film Distribution, Empire Film Group, Lusomundo Audiovisuais, Atlantic Film, Pa-Dora D.O.O., Soyuz, Magna Pacific - Soggetto: Julie Delpy - Sceneggiatura: Julie Delpy - Fotografia: Martin Ruhe - Montaggio: Andrew Bird - Art Direction: Astrid Poeschke - Scenografia: Hubert Pouille, Michael Fechner - Costumi: Pierre-Yves Gayraud - Musiche: Julie Delpy - Effetti speciali: Michael Apling - Formato: Color - Durata: 94'.
Cast: Julie Delpy, Daniel Brühl, William Hurt, Anamaria Marinca, Sebastian Blomberg, Anna Maria Mühe, Charly Hübner, Frederick Lau, Adriana Altaras, André Hennicke, Maria Simon, Katrin Pollit, Nikolai Kinski, Andy Gatjen, Christine Mayer, Henriette Confurius, Helen Woigk, Jesse Inman, Jeanette Hain, Robert Schupp, Felix Vörtler, Nora von Waldstätten, Anna Hausburg, Theresa Schwierske.
Trama e commenti:
cinematografo.it
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film.virgilio.it
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comingsoon.it:
«Europa
Centrale, inizio del XVII secolo. La contessa Erzebet Bathory è considerata la
donna più potente del suo paese. Bella e intelligente, non è disposta ad
accettare che le regole siano imposte da uomini. Durante una festa, conosce
Istvan, molto più giovane di lei. I due s'innamorano follemente. Ma la loro
felicità non è destinata a durare molto: il conte Thurzo, padre di Istvan,
obbliga suo figlio a interrompere ogni contatto con Erzbet. Quest'ultima,
convinta di essere stata rifiutata a causa della grande differenza d'età,
finisce per aderire a una strana credenza che basti bere il sangue di giovani
vergini per conservare in eterno bellezza e giovinezza. Così molte giovani donne
cominciano ad essere portate al castello, e il comportamento ossessivo di Erzbet
non fa altro che peggiorare. Si accorgerà troppo tardi di essere stata vittima
degli intrighi politici e delle lotte di potere del padre del suo amante...».
Plot Summary, Synopsis, Review: IMDb
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en.wikipedia.org
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movieweb.com
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rottentomatoes.com
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premiere.fr
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«Julie
Delpy
directs and stars in this biography of
Erzebet Bathory,
the 17th century countess whose love of a younger man drove her to madness and
beyond. At the dawn of the 17th century, Countess Bathory was the most powerful
woman in Hungary. At the age of 14, she married a powerful warlord twice her age
and bore him four children. While her husband was away fighting wars, Countess
Bathory maintained their estate with the help of her one true confidant, a
powerful witch named Anna Darvulia. Over time, Countess Bathory's gained great
influence, even holding sway over decisions made by the King. But she was
unwilling to accept a world in which men were able to break the rules without
consequence while women were expected to be unquestionably subservient, and
after her husband died, Countess Bathory fell deeply in love with a young
nobleman named Istvan (Daniel
Brühl), whom she encountered
at a lavish feast. Istvan too was smitten, though his relationship with the
countess was cut short when his father, Count Thurzo (William
Hurt),
forced him to break off the romance. Meanwhile, as Countess Bathory becomes
obsessed with the prospect that age was a factor in the failure of the
relationship, Count Thurzo begins crafting an elaborate plot against her.
Eventually Countess Bathory's blinding sadness gives way to irreversible
madness, and she becomes convinced that she can maintain her youth and beauty
forever by bathing in the blood of virgins. Her dementia and obsession flowing
like the virginal blood she bathes in every night, Countess Bathory eventually
realizes that she has become the victim of a vast political conspiracy hatched
by the father of her beloved. But by now it's already too late, Countess Erzebet
Bathory's downfall had already been set into motion»
(Jason Buchanan).
Approfondimenti: Movie
Review
Conosciuto anche con i titoli: La Comtesse; Die Gräfin.
Scheda a cura di Lorenza Cervellera