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The Countess

The Countess

2009 · 100 min · EN · 5.9 (148 votes)
Dir. Julie Delpy · Starring Julie Delpy, Daniel Brühl, William Hurt, Anamaria Marinca, Maria Simon, Sebastian Blomberg · Music Julie Delpy

“She sacrificed all for love and others for beauty”

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Kingdom of Hungary, 17th century. As she gets older, powerful Countess Erzsébet Báthory (1560-1614), blinded by the passion that she feels for a younger man, succumbs to the mad delusion that blood will keep her young and beautiful forever.

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A lavishly staged, darkly romantic descent into obsession. It feels like a decadent, gothic fever dream, exploring the terrifying allure of eternal youth and the price of vanity. Visually stunning and deeply unsettling.

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