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Eden: Lucifer (Eszter Gyalog) persuades Adam (Péter Bocsor) and
Eve(Júlia Mérö) to eat from the Tree of Knowledge - which of course
leads to their expulsion from Paradise. Once outside though, Adam holds
Lucifer true to his promise and demands ultimate wisdom. So Lucifer takes
them to the future: Ancient Greece: Adam is the successful
general Miltiades, who despite all the accomplishments for his people is
condemned to death for a minor mistake. Byzantium: In a war of
religions, Adam, a soldier, saves Eve, a noblewoman, from prosecution
because he has fallen in love with her. To his disappointment she becomes
a nun though. Prague, 17th century: Adam is Johann Kepler, a genius, who
despite his superior knowledge is reduced to cooking up horoscopes for the
aristocracy because his wife, Eve, a member of the upper class, has high
demands. Looking through his telescope one day though, Adam sees Eve
fornicating with another man. Paris: During the French
Revolution, Adam as Danton saves Eve as a noblewoman from the guillotine -
which ultimately leads to his own downfall. London, the 1800's: Worker
Adam falls in love with upper-class Eve, a love that leads nowhere because
of their class-difference. In each of these scenes, Lucifer is at Adam's
side, advicing him - but his advice is of course not always benign. Back
at the beginning of mankind, just outside of Eden, Adam becomes convinced
from all the horrors he has seen that the only sensible thing to do is to
kill Eve right then and there to prevent humankind from spreading all over
earth - exactly what Lucifer has intended -, but he simply can't when she
reveals to him she is with child. The Annunciation's
cast is entirely made up from children, ages roughly 8 to 12. This doesn't
mean though that The Annunciation is a children's film or even cute
- in fact it is anything but, it's a cruel journey through the history of
mankind full of dark elements and surreal images, great (if totally
un-historical) sets and costumes, and weird setpieces. Actually, this film
is probably more closely related to Pier-Paolo Pasolini in style and story
than to anything else - but that said, the film is powerful enough to
stand on its own two feet nevertheless. Quite an impressive film,
actually.
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