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The countess (50) and Anja (22) are sitting with their guests Sergej (35), Boris (50) and Ivan (25) in an elegantly furnished drawing room in a semi-dilapidated house. It is dinnertime. The countess concludes how the house they are sitting in is very familiar to her, and Anja reaches the same conclusion. Soon the countess realises that Anja is her daughter and that the house is theirs. It all becomes weird when the countess pays attention to the guests, food and drink. She cannot comprehend why they are all these and why she made this expensive dinner when she has recently spent all her money. Anja and the countess feel something terrible will happen tomorrow. To make matters worse, musicians come to her home…
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