Monanieba

The dead will not find peace until their crimes have been atoned for - this is the leitmotif of this anti-totalitarian tragicomedy, which was actually intended as a symbol of perestroika, but was only released three years after its completion and met with hostility and bans in many socialist countries. Mayor Varlam ruled his city like a despot during his lifetime. The very day after his funeral, his body reappeared in his son's garden, of all places. Although he is secretly reburied, his body seems to return every time, until the woman behind the haunting is caught. In court, she settles accounts with the dead man, who clearly had the traits of Stalin, Hitler and Mussolini ... (red)