Synopsis
Casanova meets a new servant who will witness his last moments in life, from a castle with its libertine 18th century atmosphere to the poor, shadowy Northern lands. There, his rationalist way of thinking and mundane world will succumb to a violent and romantic force, represented by Count Dracula.
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Cast
- Vicenç AltaióCasanova
- Lluís SerratPompeu
- Eliseu HuertasDràcula
- Xavier PauPare
- Clara VisaClar
- Noelia RodenasDelfina
- Montse TriolaCarmen
- Mike LandscapePoeta
- Lluís CarbóSenyor
- Clàudia RobertNoia
Recommendations
- 100
Slant Magazine
True to its title, the film approaches death as both narrative endpoint and formal focus, its initial vivacious mischief giving way to a Manichean fable about the waning of the light. - 100
Village Voice
Story of My Death is a singular work, and its originality is apparent in every frame. - 90
The New Yorker
Serra creates rigid, highly pressurized images on the verge of shattering with the force of mystery and desire. - 83
IndieWire
Serra's typically cerebral direction has a more vibrant quality due to the clarity of his images, though certain drawn-out sequences have an alienating effect on the drama. Still, Story of My Death manages to connect its profound aims with a devious atmosphere to match the turn of the century backdrop. - 70
The New York Times
Mr. Serra has said his film portrays the eclipse of Enlightenment rationality by the violent forces of Romanticism. It’s a tidy overarching conceit, but the film’s lived-in feel does make for one vivid way of imagining shifts in thought. - 40
The Hollywood Reporter
A picture whose tone wanders between arid academic exercise and something close to parody of the more pretentious trends in current auteur cinema.
