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This is not a story of sorcery and witchcraft or even of healing the damaged child adopted by a single mother and her other adopted daughter as much as it is a parable about following your own inner direction as dictated by your heart and soul.

When Wiebke, a horse trainer and adoptive mother to Nicolina, adopts a second daughter, she is faced with a broken soul who menaces her very existence. The film could be The Bad Seed meets Three Faces of Eve, but it is more than that.

When mother and daughter return from Bulgaria with Raya, a cute five-year-old orphan, Wiebke learns that her new daughter suffers from an attachment disorder and cannot build emotional connections to those around her, and further, she begins exhibiting shocking behavior and grows increasingly violent, claiming her actions are motivated by the provocation of a dark spirit.

After a psychologist explains...

Without a new day-and-date blockbuster in sight until early November, a slew of summer leftovers and fresh films that the industry calls targeted releases are grabbing the temporary spotlight in a crowded overseas market. This past weekend was quite an unusual one, with a different title topping the market in practically every territory around the world, international distribution executives say. The latest adaptation of Jane Austin's Pride & Prejudice was No. 1 in the U.K., Jim Jarmusch's Broken Flowers led France, local-language Die Weisse Massai excelled in Germany, Fantastic Four in Italy, Monster-in-Law in Spain, Dukes of Hazzard in Australia, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory in Japan, The Cave in Taiwan, Deuce Bigelow: European Gigolo in Mexico, local entry The Two Children of Francisco in Brazil, Transporter 2 in South Africa, and so on. But Charlie remained the dominant summer holdover, chalking up an estimated $12.8 million from 4,100 prints in 53 markets and raising its international cume to $176.3 million. The Johnny Depp starrer held the top spot in Japan for a second weekend, beating out strong local entries and the arrival of Fantastic Four and Cinderella Man. In addition, the Warner Bros. family film enjoyed potent bows in Korea, Sweden and Norway.

Without a new day-and-date blockbuster in sight until early November, a slew of summer leftovers and fresh films that the industry calls targeted releases are grabbing the temporary spotlight in a crowded overseas market. This past weekend was quite an unusual one, with a different title topping the market in practically every territory around the world, international distribution executives say. The latest adaptation of Jane Austin's Pride & Prejudice was No. 1 in the U.K., Jim Jarmusch's Broken Flowers led France, local-language Die Weisse Massai excelled in Germany, Fantastic Four in Italy, Monster-in-Law in Spain, Dukes of Hazzard in Australia, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory in Japan, The Cave in Taiwan, Deuce Bigelow: European Gigolo in Mexico, local entry The Two Children of Francisco in Brazil, Transporter 2 in South Africa, and so on. But Charlie remained the dominant summer holdover, chalking up an estimated $12.8 million from 4,100 prints in 53 markets and raising its international cume to $176.3 million. The Johnny Depp starrer held the top spot in Japan for a second weekend, beating out strong local entries and the arrival of Fantastic Four and Cinderella Man. In addition, the Warner Bros. family film enjoyed potent bows in Korea, Sweden and Norway.

TORONTO -- German director Hermine Huntgeburth's Die Weisse Massai (The White Masai) will receive its world premiere at next month's Toronto International Film Festival, it was announced Thursday. The high-profile launch of Huntgeburth's latest work came as Toronto unveiled an additional 22 foreign film titles for its 30th edition. Massai, which tells the true story of a young Swiss woman who marries a Masai warrior in Kenya and adopts his culture, stars Nina Hoss, Jacky Ido, Janek Rieke and Katja Flint.