In a decadent Venetian hotel, general manager Eva is drawn to the mysterious Contessa. Once a sanctuary from the outside world, the hotel has become a haunting cage, and both women long to escape. A hypnotic gothic fantasy that seduces and unsettles.
Enigmatic Eva is a manager – or rather, a universal fixer – at a hotel in Venice. For her, it’s not just a job. The decadent Venetian palazzo, with its labyrinths and strangers, has become both a refuge from her demons and a haunting cage she longs to escape. When Eva meets the mysteriously unhinged Contessa, who also seems trapped within the hotel, she’s seduced by the possibility of a radical change.
After the exquisite and mystical Bebia, à mon seul désir(IFFR Tiger Competition 2021), Juja Dobrachkous returns to the festival with an even more compelling work. Accept Our Sincere Apologies unfolds like a beguiling kaleidoscope of surreal and absurd images, all orbiting Eva – a victim of the decaying yet undying world that slowly kills her and its gorgeous executioner. A gothic fantasy set in oneiric Venice – a city of perpetual mazes, curved mirrors and distorting reflections – this film feels untethered from contemporary time, yet captures its destructive nature with razor-sharp precision.
– Evgeny Gusyatinskiy
Film details
Productielanden
UK, Italy
Jaar
2026
Festivaleditie
IFFR 2026
Lengte
107'
Medium/Formaat
DCP
Taal
English, Italian
Première status
World premiere
Principal cast
Krista Kosonen, Oskar Grzelak, Kacper Grzelak
Director
Juja Dobrachkous
Producer
Juja Dobrachkous
Screenplay
Juja Dobrachkous
Cinematography
Veronica Solovyeva
Editing
Andrey Klychnikov
Sound design
Roman Kurochkin
Production company
Twice a Day
Sales / World rights holder
Atoms & Void
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