Story of My Death (Catalan: Història de la meva mort) is a film directed by Albert Serra. It won the Golden Leopard at the 2013 Locarno International Film Festival. The film is about an aging Casanova and his encounter with Count Dracula. The title resembles that of Casanova’s autobiography, Histoire de ma vie (“Story of my Life”).
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Catalan | Història de la meva mort |
Directed by | Albert Serra |
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Running time | 148 minutes |
Countries | Spain France Romania |
Language | Catalan |
Budget | €1.3 million[1] |
Reception
editThe film won the Golden Leopard at the 2013 Locarno International Film Festival.[2]
On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 75% based on 12 reviews, and an average rating of 8.8/10.[3] On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 80 out of 100, based on 6 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[4]
References
edit- ^ Fairfax, Daniel (December 2013). ""Everything is dead but the motor still turns": An Interview with Albert Serra". Senses of Cinema. Retrieved 16 February 2018.
- ^ "Historia de la meva mort". archive.pardo.ch. Retrieved 21 January 2014.
- ^ "Story of My Death (2014)". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media. Retrieved October 8, 2020.
- ^ "Story of My Death Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved February 16, 2018.
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