Story of My Death (2014) - Rotten Tomatoes

Story of My Death (2014)

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82%
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44%

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HONOR DE CAVALLERIA comprised a radically minimalist, near-plotless riff on DON QUIXOTE, while BIRDSONG applied a similar approach to the New Testament tale of the Three Kings. The new film continues in this vein of literary/historical appropriation, but this time engineers a meeting between two figures (one historical, one mythical): 18th-century author, adventurer, and womanizer Giacomo Casanova and the immortal (in more ways than one) Dracula. If this inspired, high-concept pairing suggests that Serra has abandoned his trademark absurdist minimalism, never fear: both Casanova and Dracula serve as a means for Serra to imagine and inhabit the world of the 18th century, which he depicts with the serene patience, wry wit, philosophical curiosity that made his previous films so singular and astonishing. (C) Anthology Film Archives

Cast

Eliseu Huertas
Vicenç Altaió
Lluís Serrat
Montse Triola
Lluis Serrat Masanellas
Lluís Carbó

Critic Reviews for Story of My Death

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An alchemical experiment well worth witnessing.

November 19, 2014 | Full Review…
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Brings exotic passions of the eighteenth century to furious life.

March 24, 2014 | Full Review…
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It is a singular achievement and, perhaps, something of an esoteric masterpiece.

March 18, 2014 | Full Review…
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Against a backdrop of candlelit conversation and barnyard carnality, Serra sets in motion contrasting ideas about pleasure and desire, alternating between winding philosophical dialogue and wordless passages of savage beauty.

September 15, 2013 | Full Review…
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A fanciful project that's tantalizing on paper but largely DOA on screen.

September 14, 2013 | Full Review…
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Serra's vampire is an expressive creature of chaos, a description one could equally apply to the movie itself.

September 14, 2013 | Rating: b+ | Full Review…
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