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Since most people outside of Finland probably don't know who Anna Eriksson (the director/writer/star) is, think someone on the lines of Mariah Carey just deciding that she would rather make dystopian, small budget art movies. Not only that, but she would also stick her neck out and take the main role, because she doesn't want to put anyone else into that position. I mean, she was known for her good looks and great voice, but here she is willing to degrade herself and her body.

She plays Europe, a sick woman tended to by a man, who feeds her addictions in a place she calls her catacomb where the two have ended up while running away from a war.

The catacomb is a part of a hospital of some sort run by nurses, who are, based on the descriptions at the beginning of the movie, there to run the place, because they don't want to face the reality that they no longer have any function in the world.

The nurses are interesting. They feel very alien. They perform tasks as if they don't really understand their context or function. Some of them also seem to be malfunctioning.

There isn't much in the sense of story. It's more about the mood. Everything is falling apart and no-one is willing or probably even able to do anything about it.

Now, if you are a fan of Eriksson music, this is probably not for you. This is hardcore weirdness. If you've already seen all the Lynch, Jodorowsky and the.darker Tarkovsky movies, this might be for you.

Art movie with good ideas/ themes, but mediocre execution.

For me in this kind of movie the cinematography should be top notch. Plot is minimal and there's not that much of dialogue either. So camera work and sound design is the most important aspect And for me at least camera work falls short. Sound design was good and at some moments excellent.

Actors and director do a good job, but I think this concept of a movie should have been much shorter. Or there should have been more to the story.

Anna Eriksson clearly did give all to this project being writer, director and acting the main role. But for me this movie felt like big budget student film. Maybe with better camera work and better pacing this could be good. Maybe even excellent?