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Apr 12, 2011
Odai
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استلهمت هذه الرواية الرائعة من روح العالم الجديد واستوحت احداثها من رذيلة الفساد الذي يتحكم به ذووي السلطة والمال ..دخلت في أجواء هوس الشهرة وما تتبعه من أسرار وخفايا ..تجدد باولو كولو كأنه كاتب اخر في هذه الرواية الشيقة فدخل اجواء مهرجان كان وصناعة المشاهير ولعبة الموضة وهوس الجريمة في آن واحد فكانت روايته الحائزة على افضل رواية للعام في بعض الدول...كما انها احتوت على معلومات ثقافية عالية ضمن السياق فكانت ذا طابع مبهر وممتع ...الرواية رائعة)
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Apr 20, 2009
Lamski Kikita
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I am not going to write any spoilers about the plot so i don't ruin it for people, but I will spoil it for people who have been looking forward to another Coelho book by giving my harshest review. Now, i get to be harsh because I am one of Paulo's biggest fans, and I take his work very seriously, and trust me, I had been looking forward to this book for the past 6 months.
Needless to say, I was highly disappointed. I would have given the book two and a half stars just because there wa More...
Needless to say, I was highly disappointed. I would have given the book two and a half stars just because there wa More...
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Feb 16, 2012
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I have read some of the most rubbish books out there but i just couldn't get through this one. I tried really hard though.This was the first Paulo Coelho book i've ever read and i have to say, i'm really disappointed. The front cover with 'international bestseller' across the top really got my hopes up.
The writing was overly descriptive. There were so many details that i just didn't care about. You don't usually expect such purplish writing from an old man. When i first started readi More...
The writing was overly descriptive. There were so many details that i just didn't care about. You don't usually expect such purplish writing from an old man. When i first started readi More...
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Oct 30, 2011
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الرابح يبقى وحيداً - باولو كويلو -
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في يومنا هذا يعمل الوالد وقتاً إضافياً ليتمكن من ان يشتري لابنه احدث الاحذية الرياضية لانه اذا لم يحصل على زوج منها فسيصبح عرضة للمقاطعة في المدرسة , وتنتحب الزوجة بصمت لان صديقاتها يمتلكن ثيابا ذات ماركات معروفة , وهي لا تملك المال , وبدلا من ان يتعلم اولادهما المراهقون قيم الايمان والامل الحقيقية , لا يحلمون الا بأن يصبحوا مطربين او نجوم سينما .
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في يومنا هذا يعمل الوالد وقتاً إضافياً ليتمكن من ان يشتري لابنه احدث الاحذية الرياضية لانه اذا لم يحصل على زوج منها فسيصبح عرضة للمقاطعة في المدرسة , وتنتحب الزوجة بصمت لان صديقاتها يمتلكن ثيابا ذات ماركات معروفة , وهي لا تملك المال , وبدلا من ان يتعلم اولادهما المراهقون قيم الايمان والامل الحقيقية , لا يحلمون الا بأن يصبحوا مطربين او نجوم سينما .
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Oct 13, 2011
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Cerita di buku ini mengajak untuk merenungkan kekuatan mimpi-mimpi kita serta nilai-nilai yang kita gunakan untuk mengukur diri sendiri. Berbeda dengan karya Paulo Coelho yang lain "The Alchemist" yang berseting daerah gurun yang kering serta minim menyebutkan nama tokoh, di buku ini berseting tempat mewah dan glamor serta bertaburan nama-nama sehingga kadang harus membuka lagi halaman sebelumnya untuk mengingat siapa tokoh yang sedang dibicarakan.
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Oct 26, 2011
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Coelho yang biasanya berkisah mengenai kehidupan spiritual dan religi, kali ini membalutnya dalam hingar-bingar dunia panggung hiburan pada event Festival Film Cannes. Di dalamnya, sarat penggambaran politik dunia seni peran, eksploitasi fisik dan mental manusia yang terlibat, serta konspirasi materialisme yang menyertainya.
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Yang lebih mengejutkan buat saya adalah banyaknya nyawa yang dihilangkan di buku ini. Hampir seperti membaca fiksi thriller detektif; ada peran polisi dan detekt More...
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Sep 10, 2009
Bunga Mawar
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Kali ini Coelho mengajak kita bercermin tentang tujuan dan arti hidup dengan latar belakang kehidupan "normal", masa sekarang.
Tidak ada gembala pengembara Andalusia, tidak ada Raja Salem, tidak ada penyihir dari Portobello.
Manusia-manusia dengan berbagai latar belakang bertemu di Cannes, dalam gempita festival film internasional. Para tokoh dengan beragam motivasi, berlainan anutan nilai, semuanya satu belaka dalam pesta gemerlap yang dipenuhi pencitraan semu na More...
Tidak ada gembala pengembara Andalusia, tidak ada Raja Salem, tidak ada penyihir dari Portobello.
Manusia-manusia dengan berbagai latar belakang bertemu di Cannes, dalam gempita festival film internasional. Para tokoh dengan beragam motivasi, berlainan anutan nilai, semuanya satu belaka dalam pesta gemerlap yang dipenuhi pencitraan semu na More...
Feb 19, 2012
Maria Ella
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"The young all have the same dream: to save the world. Some quickly forget this dream, convinced that there are more important things to do, like having a family, earning money, traveling, and learning a foreign language. Others, though, decide that it really is possible to make a difference in society and to shape the world we will hand on to future generations." -In the thoughts of Inspector Savoy, 4:07PM.
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Dec 21, 2011
محمود
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الرابح يبقى وحيداً - باولو كويلو -
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في يومنا هذا يعمل الوالد وقتاً إضافياً ليتمكن من ان يشتري لابنه احدث الاحذية الرياضية لانه اذا لم يحصل على زوج منها فسيصبح عرضة للمقاطعة في المدرسة , وتنتحب الزوجة بصمت لان صديقاتها يمتلكن ثيابا ذات ماركات معروفة , وهي لا تملك المال , وبدلا من ان يتعلم اولادهما المراهقون قيم الايمان والامل الحقيقية , لا يحلمون الا بأن يصبحوا مطربين او نجوم سينما .
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في يومنا هذا يعمل الوالد وقتاً إضافياً ليتمكن من ان يشتري لابنه احدث الاحذية الرياضية لانه اذا لم يحصل على زوج منها فسيصبح عرضة للمقاطعة في المدرسة , وتنتحب الزوجة بصمت لان صديقاتها يمتلكن ثيابا ذات ماركات معروفة , وهي لا تملك المال , وبدلا من ان يتعلم اولادهما المراهقون قيم الايمان والامل الحقيقية , لا يحلمون الا بأن يصبحوا مطربين او نجوم سينما .
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Sep 03, 2011
Elle
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This book, set in Cannes during the film festival, is about the consequences of falling into the fame power money trap, the empty end-result of being manipulated by the beauty-film machine ~ or so we're told in the book front and back cover matter. And while the insights are rather right-on, the plot is really about a deranged Russian x-soldier turned highly successful businessman plotting/killing randonly as supposed proof of his love for his x-wife, whom he stalks slowly, effectively.
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Aug 23, 2011
Chaeya
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This could have been a really good story, minus the Russian, his mental craziness and his ex-wife, who I was convinced was one of those rubber dolls rich men spend a lot of money on, who just so happens to talk once in a while. The reason I'm giving him three stars is for effort because outside of those losers, it was a good story that could have grown into a much better model to preach his "winning comes at a price" instead of the "some of us are just $#@$ in the head and someti
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Aug 19, 2011
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باولو كويلو وكتاب الرابح يبقى وحيداً ، أذكر قصة شرائي لهذا الكتاب ، دار نقاش في منتدى عن الكُـتب وجاء اسمه لـ يُذكر مُـرتبطاً بـ اسمه بـ رواية تُـدعى " الخميائي " . دوماً عندما أقومُ بـ زيارة أي مكانْ أذهبْ إلى قسمْ الكُـتب أولاً ، ورأيتُ كتابين لـ هذا الكاتبْ ، الأولى الخميائي ، والثانية الرابحْ يبقى وحيداً . أخذتُـهُما وخرجتُ مِـن قسم الكُـتب راضية ! وأكملتْ رحلتي في " الجمعية " ض3 ، لكن عندْ المُـحاسب حصلت مشكلة معَ كِـتاب الخميائي ، لمْ تكُـن هُـناكْ تسعيرة على الكتاب ،
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Jul 29, 2011
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Depressing. Everyone dreaming of something is depicted as a loser or a sucker or scamming. A crazy Russian is killing people to try and get his wife back. Everyone that you sympathize with gets killed except for two. A girl whose dreams are about to come true but won't because some of the killer's victims being her benefactors. And another girl who already knows that her life is false and to whom the dismal
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Depressing. Everyone dreaming of something is depicted as a loser or a sucker or scamming. A crazy Russian is killing people to try and get his wife back. Everyone that you sympathize with gets killed except for two. A girl whose dreams are about to come true but won't because some of the killer's victims being her benefactors. And another girl who already knows that her life is false and to whom the dismal
aspects of the "Superclass" are pointed out by the killer himself. Y More...
Jul 24, 2011
Sana
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The Winner Stands Alone is such a phenomenal novel about everything in life. Though, it focuses on the world of the Superclass; but each of the other classes is a lower level of the Superclass. I loved how the novel was intertwined with various details of intriguing methods of killing and the tools, an explanation of people ordinary and unordinary; finally, a top-notch story containing tales and tales of the'universes' in itself.
Exhilarating and titillating; The Winner Stands Alone ach More...
Exhilarating and titillating; The Winner Stands Alone ach More...
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May 29, 2011
Mashael
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قرأتها منذ شهور والحمدلله تخلصت من الكسل وكتبت عنها :
تتحدث عن الدخول لعالم الأثرياء المهتمين بطريقة أو بأخرى بعالم السينما يوم من مهرجان كان السينمائي يتنقل فيه باولو كويلو بين الشخصيات فلاش باك وحديث داخلي لكل شخصية يتحدث عنها كيف كانت إلى ماذا تريد كيف يؤثر الطموح وكيف هي شكل بصمات الرغبة حينما تقود الإنسان لأهدافه يكشف لنا عالم الثراء و نقصه الفظيع الذي نعتقد بأنه اقرب للجمال والكمال و السعادة , يكشف حياة الإنسان أكبر مخاوفه بالرغم من كونها تافهة , من خلال قراءتي للرواية فكرت كثيرا More...
تتحدث عن الدخول لعالم الأثرياء المهتمين بطريقة أو بأخرى بعالم السينما يوم من مهرجان كان السينمائي يتنقل فيه باولو كويلو بين الشخصيات فلاش باك وحديث داخلي لكل شخصية يتحدث عنها كيف كانت إلى ماذا تريد كيف يؤثر الطموح وكيف هي شكل بصمات الرغبة حينما تقود الإنسان لأهدافه يكشف لنا عالم الثراء و نقصه الفظيع الذي نعتقد بأنه اقرب للجمال والكمال و السعادة , يكشف حياة الإنسان أكبر مخاوفه بالرغم من كونها تافهة , من خلال قراءتي للرواية فكرت كثيرا More...
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Jan 28, 2011
Megan
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I have never read any of Paulo Coelho's books beside this one. I have always wanted to read The Alchemist and By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept. Somehow, I got to this one first, I guess because it was new. From reading the summaries and reviews of his previous books, I am still holding out hope for them that they are nothing like this one.
The problem with this book is he spends far too much time pontificating on the downfalls of society in regards to fame and money. We worshi More...
The problem with this book is he spends far too much time pontificating on the downfalls of society in regards to fame and money. We worshi More...
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Nov 09, 2010
Riya
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I am still trying to make sense of this book. I have read almost all of Coelho’s books till date and this book stands out from the rest.
Cannes film festival is something we all see on T.V., in this book Coelho has gone back stage and explains the hardships and the pseudo lives that the people live. We get a peek into lives of models, directors, actors, producers etc. . . . The way he moves the characters makes you think they are real.
There are four central characters to this book. And More...
Cannes film festival is something we all see on T.V., in this book Coelho has gone back stage and explains the hardships and the pseudo lives that the people live. We get a peek into lives of models, directors, actors, producers etc. . . . The way he moves the characters makes you think they are real.
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Oct 11, 2010
Ummu Auni
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For an author who is considered as a phenomenon, Coelho write with narrative sentences, which somehow made the story a bit lagging and too slow unfolding.
The plot revolved around Igor, a millionaire who is bent to get back his ex-wife who's now married to another man, and he would do anything to get her. And then, there are Hamid, the designer, Jasmine, a model who made it to the top, Gabriella, who wanted to be the one who made it to the big screen, and then, there are other charact More...
The plot revolved around Igor, a millionaire who is bent to get back his ex-wife who's now married to another man, and he would do anything to get her. And then, there are Hamid, the designer, Jasmine, a model who made it to the top, Gabriella, who wanted to be the one who made it to the big screen, and then, there are other charact More...
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Aug 22, 2010
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May 25, 2010
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Setiap Halaman Sanggup Membuat Pembaca Menjadi Seorang Autis!
“Cara terbaik melihat manusia adalah dari langit yang tinggi. Hanya saat itulah kita bisa memahami betapa kecilnya diri kita.” Cuplikan dialog di halaman 21 ini salah satu bagian buku yang penuh dengan sentuhan-sentuhan menggelitik Paulo Coelhe, penulis genius asal Brazil. Secara implisit “ The Winner Stands Alone” banyak memberikan ajaran filsafat moral kepada pembaca yang disiratkan dari tingkah laku tokoh-tokoh yang ia More...
“Cara terbaik melihat manusia adalah dari langit yang tinggi. Hanya saat itulah kita bisa memahami betapa kecilnya diri kita.” Cuplikan dialog di halaman 21 ini salah satu bagian buku yang penuh dengan sentuhan-sentuhan menggelitik Paulo Coelhe, penulis genius asal Brazil. Secara implisit “ The Winner Stands Alone” banyak memberikan ajaran filsafat moral kepada pembaca yang disiratkan dari tingkah laku tokoh-tokoh yang ia More...
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Feb 09, 2010
Gisella
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Buku ini saya beli karena kangen ingin membaca karya Paulo Coelho lagi. Judulnya yang membuat saya tertarik untuk membacanya. Buku ini berkisah tentang seorang jetset yang berencana membalas dendam kepergian sang istri dan menikah dengan jetset lainnya. Cerita seputar bagaimana si jetset ini membunuh beberapa korban dengan cara yang sulit dilacak polisi. Pada akhirnya, si tokoh utama sadar tak menginginkan lagi cinta si mantan istri. Cerita ini menurut saya alurnya agak lamban dan penuh detil. S
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Dec 18, 2009
Meliana
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aku tidak pernah tidak menyukai buku Paulo Coelho, termasuk juga The Winner Stands Alone. Paulo tidak pernah kehilangan kharismanya dalam kata-kata. kekuatan Paulo, menurutku, ada di dialog hati yang membuat tokoh-tokohnya seolah bernafas bersama kita.
Paulo adalah penulis yang tidak selalu setia dengan satu genre. di bukunya kali ini yang berlatar belakang festival film Cannes, Paulo banyak mengupas tentang cerita di balik gemerlapnya panggung hiburan. tentang intrik, perjuangan, pen More...
Paulo adalah penulis yang tidak selalu setia dengan satu genre. di bukunya kali ini yang berlatar belakang festival film Cannes, Paulo banyak mengupas tentang cerita di balik gemerlapnya panggung hiburan. tentang intrik, perjuangan, pen More...
Sep 30, 2009
María
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This novel focuses on the world of fame, film and power. Are closely intertwined by love and death, over its pages we'll ask if we were not all on the edge as the protagonist Igor to give free play to our darkest desires and our imagination makes overflow Cannes made an imaginary, but the Cannes same star made a misogynist and racist Brigitte Bardo.
But the reasons for the author to delve, near the end of this book, in situations where the reader is unable to recognize human nature, as is More...
But the reasons for the author to delve, near the end of this book, in situations where the reader is unable to recognize human nature, as is More...
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Jul 24, 2009
Maritily
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A new style for Coelho - Realism rather than Magical Realism or Spiritual Fantasy. His most realistic work yet. So much that it almost seems pessimistic and 'gothic', but it isn't...just 'life-like'. The book is not pessimistic because most characters keep seeking 'the light' as best they can, just as in real life.
He is a master story-teller, and a master 'mind-reader'. He explores several themes, including: the psyche of serial killers, the emptiness of the super-achievers, the More...
He is a master story-teller, and a master 'mind-reader'. He explores several themes, including: the psyche of serial killers, the emptiness of the super-achievers, the More...
Jun 28, 2009
Zzoeb
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In the beginning,the reader assumes that the winner stands alone.
Yet,in the end we know he/she does not....
Paulo Coelho is back again with his simple but truly superb gift of telling stories of pursuit of dreams.In his latest,he tells us what is the price of success,fame,fortune and celebrity.The centre of this sarcastic piece of fiction is Igor, a modern,influential,vigilant lover who will destroy whole worlds to get back his ex-wife Ewa.Interwowen are the stories of Hamid,a d More...
Yet,in the end we know he/she does not....
Paulo Coelho is back again with his simple but truly superb gift of telling stories of pursuit of dreams.In his latest,he tells us what is the price of success,fame,fortune and celebrity.The centre of this sarcastic piece of fiction is Igor, a modern,influential,vigilant lover who will destroy whole worlds to get back his ex-wife Ewa.Interwowen are the stories of Hamid,a d More...
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Jun 18, 2009
Emily
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I believe people reacted with overt negativity to this particular Coehlo book as he departs from familiar territory. Rather than affirming life, as his other books tend to do, this one questions the vanity and superficiality that pervades so many facets of modern life. What this book demonstrates, and I believe with superb and beautiful acumen, that the desire for beauty, fame, wealth and power, is as consuming and destructive as it is transient and worthless. I will admit that this is not my fa
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May 12, 2009
Dana
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I list Paulo Coelho as one of my favorite authors, and I love a number of his books. While I liked this one, it definitely wasn't my favorite. That being said, I also think a lot of people just won't get it.
The Winner Stands Alone follows a number of characters through twenty-four hours at the Cannes Film Festival. Igor is a powerful Russian entrepreneur who goes to the festival to get back his wife Ewa, who left him. He is trying to catch her attention by destroying worlds. We foll More...
The Winner Stands Alone follows a number of characters through twenty-four hours at the Cannes Film Festival. Igor is a powerful Russian entrepreneur who goes to the festival to get back his wife Ewa, who left him. He is trying to catch her attention by destroying worlds. We foll More...
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Feb 04, 2012
Kirstine
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If I had to rate this book from personal opinion, I would have given it 2 stars, but I'm gonna go with three, because this book does exactly what it sets out to do: it's a proper slap in the face. It's a harsh, sometimes cruel, sometimes overwhelming, and always, sadly, a true portrayal of humanity right now. This book will make you face truths you'd rather ignore, and that is why it deserves three stars, because so few books do that. And do it so well. That is the skill of Coehlo; he writes ext
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Dec 05, 2011
Ira
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nggak terlalu suka. Padahal saya biasanya suka novel-novel Thriller atau suspense. Hanya saja kali ini saya gak dapet "feel"nya :D.
Ceritanya tentang Igor, pengusaha Rusia yang "sayang"nya kaya raya sampai 7 turunan, dan ditinggal oleh isterinya, Ewa yang sekarang ini sudah menikah dengan pengusaha Timur Tengah. Jadi dia memutuskan untuk menarik perhatian isterinya dengan cara membunuh orang-orang yang tidak bersalah. Setting yang dipilih adalah festival film Canne More...
Ceritanya tentang Igor, pengusaha Rusia yang "sayang"nya kaya raya sampai 7 turunan, dan ditinggal oleh isterinya, Ewa yang sekarang ini sudah menikah dengan pengusaha Timur Tengah. Jadi dia memutuskan untuk menarik perhatian isterinya dengan cara membunuh orang-orang yang tidak bersalah. Setting yang dipilih adalah festival film Canne More...
