The Last Days of Emma Blank

A dry, deadpan chamber piece that turns domestic servitude into a slow, queasy game of absurd power and quiet menace.

Directed by

Alex van Warmerdam

Genres

Comedy, Drama

Starring

Marlies Heuer, Eva van de Wijdeven, Annet Malherbe

Overview

In a large country home, the owner Emma Blank is very ill and is cared for by her household staff: Haneveld the head housekeeper, Bella the cook, Gonnie the maid and Meier the man-servant. Despite her desperate need for loving care, Emma is a steely, avaricious dictator whose demands become ever more absurd, to the extent that her staff are driven to madness. That is, until the day they discover that they stand to inherit nothing whereupon they drop their charade of caring and concern and instead plot their revenge...

How it feels

Absurd, dark, satirical and cynical. Measured and needs your attention.

About

Power, greed, revenge, betrayal

Content

Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.

Note

Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

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