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Movies · 1932

I want to be alone.

— Grusinskaya · Grand Hotel

An empty burgundy velvet chair faces a tall window overlooking a quiet blue evening city.
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Grusinskaya asks for solitude as the demands of performance press in on her. The simplicity of the request gives no easy answer about whether being alone will bring peace or deepen her loneliness.

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