On the Internet Movie Database (IMDb), the film holds a moderate rating (hovering around 6.0/10 at the time of writing). This score, however, acts as a mask for a deep polarization among viewers. A close reading of the IMDb data reveals a clash between those viewing the film as an artistic indictment of absolute power and those dismissing it as exploitative "soft-core" cinema.
: A mysterious butcher from the lowest class who enters the palace with a hidden agenda of vengeance. the treacherous 2015 imdb
She doesn’t believe him. But she’s contractually obligated. She finishes the film. Her performance is no longer transcendent—it’s terrifying . She plays the dying pianist like a woman already dead. The grizzled cinematographer quits, calling it “cursed.” On the Internet Movie Database (IMDb), the film
