The Last Days of Emma Blank
Director:
Alex van Warmerdam
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 is driven to madness. Until the day that they discover that they stand to inherit nothing and they start to plot their revenge...
Awards & Festivals: Label Europa Cinemas - Venice 2009
