Six years later, Platon is a shadow of his former self—impoverished and struggling with morphine addiction. He is hired by a wealthy merchant, Mr. Grilliot, to decorate a mansion.
The film is widely praised for its "Russian Decadence" aesthetic and its eerie, dreamlike cinematography. Gospodin oformitel(1987)
Platon is commissioned to create a display for a jewelry store. He uses a young, dying woman named Anna as his model to craft a mannequin so perfect it transcends human beauty. Shortly after, Anna dies. Six years later, Platon is a shadow of
The film follows , a brilliant and arrogant artist obsessed with rivaling God by creating mannequins that possess "eternal life". Six years later