Lady Macbeth from the stage. I will do everything in my power,
He who dares more is not a man.
W. Shakespeare. Macbeth.
Pretty interesting movie. Although, obviously, he is very little known, since there is no data on the film crew on the KinoPoisk. And apart from the veteran of the Hong Kong-Chinese cinema, Wu Ma is not mentioned in the information about the film.
However, I think it is not that important. For those who are interested, you can search for more detailed information on the network (it is available).
I started by saying that the film was interesting.
That is absolutely true.
And although with its small timekeeping, the action of the picture is quite leisurely, the plot is really fascinating.
Before us are not horrors, but rather a mystical drama, where the focus is not on playing with the call of the angel of death, but on the first steps of two aspiring actresses (a student of a theater university).
One of them is preparing for the role of Lady Macbeth in a university play, and the other is trying for a role in a TV show.
The path to acting fame is difficult and thorny. Sometimes it is worth fighting for, sometimes it is worth living for, sometimes it is worth killing for, and sometimes it is worth dying for.
And then there's the old house that students rent. It is filled with sounds, rustles, sighs, creaks, and other strange sounds, and the artistic atmosphere creates not only young people before the audition, but also the audience during the viewing.
The bare branches of the trees, reaching always to the full moon, but no one knows where the black cat has wandered - that's all the friends of the old house. But the new guests here are strangers. They are alien not only to the ghosts of the house, but also to local residents who look obliquely at visitors.
The end of the story is a Chinese double bottom box. Or, to be more precise, the authors, towards the end, start a guessing game with the audience - yes or no? Or is it? Or is it not?
I will not say that I have not met films with such a finale at all (yes, there are such), but their very small number at the moment, and therefore the final can still be ranked as non-standard.
8 out of 10