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Synopsis
The guests who come to the mansion of aristocratic landowner and man of the world Nikolai over the Christmas holidays are hand-picked. Among them is a politician, a young countess and a general with his wife. They converse and dine – what a wonderful, much-missed way of life – indulge in parlour games and discuss the right form of authority in the face of political impotence as well as progress and morality, death and the Antichrist. As the debate becomes more heated, cultural differences become increasingly apparent and the mood grows tense. Screen version of Three Conversations, a key prophetic and apocalyptic work, written by Vladimir Solovyov, characterizes in bold strokes and with astonishing prescience the challenges that mankind faces as ‘progress’ races to bring history to an end, calling us to vigilance and resistance to evil.
- Screenplay:
- Cristi Puiu, Vladimir Solovyov
- Cinematography:
- Tudor Vladimir Panduru
- Sound:
- Christophe Vingtrinier
- Edit:
- Dragoș Apetri, Andrei Iancu, Bogdan Zărnoianu
- Music:
- Guro Moe, Lasse Marhaug, Martín Escalante
- Cast:
- Agathe Bosch, Ugo Broussot, Frédéric Schulz-Richard, Marina Palii, Diana Sakalauskaité
- Production Company:
- Mandragora, Ladasarecasa, Cinnamon Films, Bord Cadre films
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Director's statement
With "Manor House", I wanted to return to a space of intellectual confinement—an isolated setting where ideas, beliefs, and egos collide. Inside this enclosed environment, conversations become battlegrounds, and language itself turns into a weapon. I was interested in observing how philosophical debates reveal personal fragilities and moral contradictions. The house becomes both refuge and prison, echoing the characters’ inability to escape their own convictions. **The film ultimately questions** whether discourse leads to understanding or merely reinforces division. Through duration, tension, and meticulous attention to dialogue, I sought to explore how power circulates not only through actions, but through words.