Egomania: Island Without Hope

(1987)

★ 5.3 IMDb · 18 votes

Genres: Drama

Year: 1987

Runtime: 87 мин

Country: Germany

Director: Christoph Schlingensief

Cast: Удо Кир, Тильда Суинтон, Uwe Fellensiek, Anna Fechter, Anastasia Kudelka, Sergej Gleithmann, Dietrich Kuhlbrodt, Wolfgang Schulte, Ark Boysen, Melf Boysen

Plot

Egomania is a visually stunning end-of-the-world melodrama about lust, jealousy and murder set amidst solar eclipses, orchestral chants and the distant thunder of the boiling sea. The film’s characters – riddled with unconscious desires – find themselves imprisoned on an island. Drawing parallels to the work of British filmmaker Derek Jarman and staring Jarman’s actress-muse Tilda Swinton, Schlingensief’s raw and almost mythological film stands in contrast to his more offensive efforts.