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Egomania: Island Without Hope (1987)

Egomania: Island Without Hope (1987)

Drama

The Greatest Love Drama of All Time

Release Date: 1987, May 20
Directors: Christoph Schlingensief
Countries: Germany
Production: DEM Film
Cast: Tilda Swinton, Udo Kier, Dietrich Kuhlbrodt, Uwe Fellensiek, Werner Funke, Sergej Gleithmann, Anna Fechter, Anastasia Kudelka, Wolfgang Schulte, Ark Boysen, Melf Boysen

Overview:

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.