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Egomania: Island Without Hope
6.2
/10
511 Ratings

Synopsis

A desolate island in the Baltic Sea is governed by the vampire-like baron Aunt Devil. Where once peace and joy shaped the lives of the islanders, now hopelessness and discord rule. When a couple’s true love threatens the island’s state of sadness, the baron cracks up… and a torrent of hatred ensues.

Our take

Amid a tornado of violent passions and fantasies, Tilda Swinton is an ethereal vision of innocence and ferocity in Christoph Schlingensief’s apocalyptic parable. Creeping through a phantasmagorical landscape, Nosferatu-style, Udo Kier triumphs at what he does best: playing the Devil with style.