maybe it wasn't such a good idea to watch this while sick and tired but the devils is still really good.
its depiction of followers of religion are interesting and fun to watch.
everyone is despicable but it works.the film looks great and the costumes are also awesome.
The Devils
Hell holds no surprises for them.
Rating
4.0 (1)
Release Date
7/16/1971Runtime
117 minsOverview
Father Urbain Grandier's protection of the city of Loudun from the corrupt Cardinal Richelieu is undermined by a sexually repressed nun's accusation of witchcraft.
Status
ReleasedOriginal Language
EnglishBudget
$2,000,000Revenue
$11,000,000Homepage
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How It Feels
Read from this film's synopsis, keywords and credits, and used to work out what it sits beside.
A hallucinatory descent into institutional madness and religious hysteria, where accusation becomes weapon and desire becomes damnation. Ken Russell's grotesque vision transforms a historical witch-hunt into a nightmare of flesh, faith, and psychological collapse.
Mood
Dread-soakedUnsettlingClaustrophobicParanoid
Themes
ObsessionCorruptionPowerFaith
Pacing
Slow-burn
Look
FormalistHigh-contrastStylized genre
Structure
Linear
Heads up
Graphic violenceSexual contentSexual violenceBody horrorSuicide and self-harm
Vanessa Redgrave
Sister Jeanne des Anges
Oliver Reed
Father Urbain Grandier
Dudley Sutton
Baron de Laubardemont
Max Adrian
Ibert
Gemma Jones
Madeleine de Brou
Murray Melvin
Father-Canon Jean Mignon
Michael Gothard
Father Pierre Barre
Georgina Hale
Philippe Trincant
Brian Murphy
Adam
Christopher Logue
Cardinal Richelieu
Graham Armitage
King Louis XIII
John Woodvine
Louis Trincant
Reviews
Recommended by @lilacwood - Review to come soon.
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