Luzifer

2021

Peter Brunner

Franz Rogowski, Susanne Jensen, Theo Blaickner, Monika Hinterhuber ...

5.0

189

Drama. Horror

Drama. Horror

Inspired by the true story of an exorcism. Johannes, a man with the heart of a child, lives secluded in an Alpine hut with his mother. Daily life is governed by prayer and rituals. But suddenly, modernity intrudes into their world of nature and divine worship. A tourist development threatens to poison their paradise and awaken the devil.

	Media	Author	Review
		Martin Kudlac Screen Anarchy	"Superb performances by Jensen and Rogowoski. Flinckenberg's cinematography ensures the lyrical and meditative imagery along with pagan mysticism and the unrelenting rawness of Johannes' awakening"
		Rory O'Connor The Film Stage	"That 'Luzifer' arrives via Ulrich Seidl’s production house should not go unnoticed. Much to his film’s benefit, Brunner appears to have gleamed a touch of his fellow countryman’s acidic sense of humor. It works"
		Karina Adelgaard Heaven of Horror	"It's extremely disturbing and dark in ways that will shock many viewers (...) Visually stunning (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"
		Noel Murray Los Angeles Times	"An unflinching, Werner Herzog-style portrait of people living on society’s fringes"
		Isabelia Herrera The New York Times	"[A] disturbing, ambitious religious thriller."
		Muriel Del Don Cineuropa	"Luzifer is an extreme and demanding (and, at times, even unbearable) film, which urges viewers to face up to their unspeakable fragility."

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