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"Berenice" is a short story by American writer Edgar Allan Poe, written and published in 1835. The young man Aegeus is in love with his cousin Berenice, who has frequent epileptic seizures that end in a trance, almost indistinguishable from death. But it is not only his beloved who is ill, Aegeus himself is sick. The hero calls his mental illness monomania, which makes him understand every little thing with manic greed, and takes over his mind. Berenika used to be a beauty and loved her cousin, but he fell in love with her only now that she has changed beyond recognition. They, two mentally ill young people, decide to get married. But on the eve of the wedding, something terrible happens: a maid finds the dead body of the hero's future wife. On the night after the funeral, the young man is alone in his library and tries to recall the few hours of his life that have been erased from his memory. He remembers how his beloved was buried, how he went home, but what happened afterwards remained a mystery. Finally, a servant burst in and began to shout about an unheard-of crime: someone had dug up Berenika's grave, which turned out to be alive, and mutilated her beyond recognition. The servant leads Aegeus to the mirror and he realises with horror that it was he who disfigured his bride: his shirt was stained with blood, and on the table was a box with his bride's snow-white teeth (the idea that they were flawless pursued by a madman).

Executive: Roman Molodiy
Duration: 24 minutes 54 seconds