2018 · drama · faith · period
Ether
Directed by Krzysztof Zanussi1h 57m2018
At the end of the 19th century, somewhere in the outskirts of the Russian Empire, a doctor administers a lethal overdose of ether to a young woman – the object of his desire. After getting away with his crime, he finds employment in a fortress, where he continues his experiments with ether to manage pain and manipulate human behaviour. Despite his evilness, it is not too late for his soul to be saved from eternal damnation…
Our read: Ether (2018) reads as a sombre, measured, inventive drama · faith · period entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Sombre, measured, measured drama / faith, inventive in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured.
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