The story of two young men, one a prince of royal Bali-blood and the other defined as a coolie, and they are both in love with Dasnee, a slave girl possessing the sensuous charms for which the women of Bali are known to have. The prince marries a girl of his caste and the coolie marries Dasnee, but the prince still loves Dasnee.
Andre Roosevelt
France
If you're looking for something that feels like a polished, modern studio drama, keep walking. Kriss is for the kind of person who enjoys rummaging through old film archives just to see how weird things were back in the day. If you hate slow, silent-era pacing or stories that rely on heavy-handed tropes, you are going ...
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Armand Denis
F. Martin Thornton
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"If you're looking for something that feels like a polished, modern studio drama, keep walking. Kriss is for the kind of person who enjoys rummaging through old film archives just to see how weird things were back in the day. If you hate slow, silent-era pacing or stories that rely on heavy-handed tropes, you are going to absolutely loathe this. It’s a strange, dusty little movie. The whole thing feels like a fever dream set in the tropics. You have a prince who’s basically a walking disaster an..."
Raoul Walsh
