
Thisfilmdeftlycombinesblackcomedywithsharppoliticalsatire.SetinafictionalEasternEuropeantowncalledWaldheim,aplace"wherenothingiswhatitseems,"theactioniscenteredaroundavisitingking,inwhommanypeopleareveryinterestedforavarietyofreasons.Assassinationandlustfigureprominentlyontheirminds.<br/> ThisisanotherracyandidiosyncraticpoliticalfilmbyYugoslavianwriteranddirectorDusanMakavejev(Montenegro).SetinanunnamedCentralEuropeancountryduringthe1920s,itdealswithrevolution,lawandorder,andtheawkwardwaysinwhichordinaryfolkstrytodealwithchange.CamilaSoebergplaystheheroinewhointroducesthesexualrevolutiontohercommunityasmenfromalllevelsofsocietythrowthemselvesather.AlfredMolinaisheadofthesecretpolice,andSimonCallowisfeaturedasthebumblingchiefofpolice.InhisscreenadaptationofanEmileZolastory,Makavejevproveshimselftobetheonlydeeplypoliticalfilmmakerwitharowdysenseofhumor.<br/> In1920,inCentralEurope,thetyrannicalking(EnverPetrovci)ofanEmpireisvisitingthesmalltownofWaldheim.Whileagroupofrevolutionariesplottokillthedespoticking,hisoppressivesecretservice,leadedbyAvanti(AlfredMolina),andthepoliceforce,leadedbyPoliceChiefHunt(SimonCallow),organizehisreception.SvetlanaVargas(CamillaSoeberg),amemberofabourgeoisfamilyandabusedbyheremployeeEmile(RadeSerbedzija),isinchargetoorganizetheattemptagainsttheking.<br/> "Manifesto"isaneroticandanarchicblackhumorcomedywithamagnificentcinematography.Thestoryhasbizarrescenes,someofthemnon-senseandmanygoodmoments.Peopleintownseemtobreathesex,andsexualityiseverywhere.IlikedtheexplanationofPoliceChiefHuntthat"wesolveourcasesevenbeforetheyarecases".CamillaSoebergisextremelysexyandbeautiful,andwithawonderfulbody.ThismovieisthedebutofGabrielleAnwar,intheroleofasixteenyearsoldorphanthatsellsice-creamsandacceptgoldencoinsforotherservices.








