Based on his own hugely successful novel of the same name, Marc Dugain’s debut feature, An Ordinary Execution, is an encounter between the aging Joseph Stalin (Andre Dussolier) and a young doctor, Anna.
Anna (Marina Hands), who has extraordinary healing powers, is brought in to treat the escalating physical woes of the dictator’s old age, after his own doctor has been “purged.” Seen entirely through Anna’s eyes, he lays bare his philosophy of terror - rambling, plotting, and intimidating.
Ingeniously shot to reflect the grimness of oppression, and filled with tension and mystery,
An Ordinary Execution is a compelling examination of the police state, and a piercing insight into the mind of the last days of a dictator.
Film: An Ordinary Execution
Release date: 26th November 2010
Certificate: 12A
Running time: 105 mins
Director: Marc Dugain
Starring: André Dussollier, Marina Hands, Edouard Baer, Denis Podalydès, Tom Novembre
Genre: Drama
Studio: Arrow
Format: Cinema
Country: France
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