Story of My Death explained

Story of My Death
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Director:Albert Serra
Runtime:148 minutes
Country:Spain
France
Romania
Language:Catalan
Budget:€1.3 million[1]

Story of My Death (Catalan; Valencian: 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”).

Reception

The 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]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: "Everything is dead but the motor still turns": An Interview with Albert Serra. Daniel. Fairfax. Senses of Cinema. December 2013. 16 February 2018.
  2. Web site: Historia de la meva mort. archive.pardo.ch. 21 January 2014.
  3. Web site: Story of My Death (2014) . . . October 8, 2020.
  4. Web site: Story of My Death Reviews . . February 16, 2018.