The Last Days of Emma Blank

The Last Days of Emma Blank

2009 · 89 min · NL · 6.1 (40 votes)
Dir. Alex van Warmerdam · Starring Marlies Heuer, Eva van de Wijdeven, Annet Malherbe, Gene Bervoets, Marwan Kenzari, Gijs Naber · Music Alex van Warmerdam
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In a large country home, the owner Emma Blank is very ill and is cared for by her household staff: Haneveld the head housekeeper, Bella the cook, Gonnie the maid and Meier the man-servant. Despite her desperate need for loving care, Emma is a steely, avaricious dictator whose demands become ever more absurd, to the extent that her staff are driven to madness. That is, until the day they discover that they stand to inherit nothing whereupon they drop their charade of caring and concern and instead plot their revenge...

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A darkly comedic, claustrophobic chamber piece where escalating absurd demands fuel a simmering class conflict. It's a stylish, satirical look at entitlement and the void, best watched with a critical eye.

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