Story of My Death

Història de la meva mort

Giacomo Casanova, once a legendary lover, nowadays a mere relic of his glorious past, travels to Transylvania and gets acquainted with Count Dracula, who – οn the contrary – is in the prime of his charm. Albert Serra fiddles the title of Casanova’s memoirs (History of My Life), orchestrates a transcendental tête-à-tête between two archetypal figures, illustrating in a playful and allegoric tone the transition of European thinking and art from rationalism to romanticism. Two worlds, equally divided between light and darkness, integrated in the everlasting cycle of decay and succession, found not only in nature, but in human civilization as well.
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Direction: Albert Serra
Script: Albert Serra
Cinematography: Jimmy Gimferrer
Editing: Albert Serra
Sound: Joan Pons, Jordi Ribas
Music: Joe Robinson, Enric Juncà, Ferran Font, Marc Verdaguer
Actors: Vicenç Altaió, Clara Visa, Noelia Rodenas, Montse Triola, Eliseu Huertas, Lluís Serrat
Production: Andergraun Films
Co-production: Capricci
Art Direction: Mihnea Mihailescu, Sebastian Vogler
Format: DCP
Color: Color
Production Country: Spain, France
Production Year: 2013
Duration: 148΄
Contact: Andergraun Films
Awards/Distinctions: Golden Leopard – Locarno IFF 2013

Albert Serra

Filmography

2006 Honour of The Knights (fiction)
2008 Birdsong (fiction)
2011 Lord Worked Wonders in Me
2013 Story of My Death (fiction)
2016 The Death of Louis XIV (fiction)
2022 Pacifiction (fiction)
2024 Afternoons of Solitude