SummaryA lushly detailed early nineteenth century period piece concerning the last days of a family of once wealthy aristocrats. The film is an elegiac thriller -- a totally unforgettable, sinister and darkly comic cryptogram. (ARM/Cinema 25 Pictures Inc.)
SummaryA lushly detailed early nineteenth century period piece concerning the last days of a family of once wealthy aristocrats. The film is an elegiac thriller -- a totally unforgettable, sinister and darkly comic cryptogram. (ARM/Cinema 25 Pictures Inc.)
Mr. McElhinney has created a movie that is not without the flaws endemic in low-budget productions but still projects an amazing degree of stylistic assurance and originality.
The story is painfully familiar, and McIlhenney regularly stops it in its tracks by indulging the actors in arty monologues that sap the movie of any suspense or sense of momentum.