In order to regain custody of her daughter, whom she left in the care of her fortune-telling aunt, Mona must tell a social worker her story. The tale she spins—-and the movie we watch—-is a wild, surreal adventure in which people are able to project and enter each other’s dreams, and our heroine is sold into slavery and lands in a swank, debauched Liverpool brothel where the patrons enact their literary/sexual fantasies with Lolita, St. Joan, and Desdemona. Rendered with dazzling tracking shots, striking CGI effects and a pulsing soundtrack, Hungarian director Szabolcs Hajdu’s risk-taking fantasia has style to spare. But under the seductive surface lurks the very human story of a woman who uses fantasy to cushion the pain of life. |
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Ratings: | IMDB: 7.2/10 | |
Released: | March 18, 2010 | |
Runtime: | 105 min | |
Genres: | Drama | |
Companies: | Gilles Mann Filmproduktion A + C Reuter New Cinema | |
Cast: | Andi Vasluianu Razvan Vasilescu Orsolya Török-Illyés Oana Pellea | |
Crew: | Szabolcs Hajdu | |
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