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It's a heavy movie but not exactly hard to watch. Interesting and enigmatic from the first to the last second. Accurate and useful, provides a deep understanding as to how brainwashing and human degradation works. I was also surprised to find out that the movie was based on real events. Now I have to find out more about this sect called 12 Tribes.

Usually a "festival film", as in a motion picture created to win a prize at a more or less prestigious film gathering, is a way to express what's inside a director's/writer's mind. To convey a message. To expose a feeling. This film is different and unfortunately it indicates the arrival of a certain kind of cinematography. It was made to capitalize on a hot topic, in this case conservative parenting.

It doesn't even hide its bias too much. Instead of the normally accepted practice of leaving the finale open for debate of what it's all about, the creators simply and crudely slapped a subtitle openly saying what they want us to think. They had an agenda to push and they did just that.

As a film it's absolutely hopeless. The script, the production design, the cast, the music, even sound effects - all bad. They wanted to create a cold atmosphere through modernist surroundings... and failed. They wanted us to hate the antagonists... and failed to even explain what exactly they do that's so wrong. They wanted us to sympathize with the protagonist... and failed to even define what they hell she's doing there. The entire production seems rushed and badly thought through.

Cold, unrational, where the background is unknown, during the entire film, until the end.

The girl enters to a place, where the money does not count only the way of growing up a kid in a strict way to create his anger to rule the world. The really emberrassing part, when the girl believes that she really needs to serve this place and as she have become part of it. It is so strange to see her with his boyfriend, serving him.

You will be schocked at the end of the film.

A must see.

This is a pretty weird movie, very unnerving. Not much is actually happening but everything seem so wrong. The story builds slowly, only to get weirder and even more unnerving until at the end we get at a very surprising end. The ending got eager to know more about the subject of this movie. I searched Google and found many a story on this subject. To my disgust, the subject of this movie isn't just some made up story. It's actually based on real events. This movie is a must see for everyone interested in psychological thrillers with a strong social warning. It's quite unsatisfying I just didn't manage to figure out if those real events have stopped, besides, I wonder about the exact subject of this movie: was this also part of reality?

The movie itself is well shot, but some svenes are way too long, you have a feeling nothing really happens. But the story itself is shocking, sick people. Worth to watch it