Loosely based on the same events that inspired THE EXORCISM OF EMILY ROSE (2004), documentary filmmaker Hans-Christian Schmid's somber, deeply disquieting fiction feature is a very different affair. There are no actual demons in Schmid's film, set in Germany in the 1970s, only the psychological devils that plague the film's troubled young heroine. It's been six months since 20-year-old aspiring teacher Michaela Klingler (Sandra Huller) last suffered a seizure, and she's eager to continue her interrupted education. Through a long process of diagnosis by exclusion, Michaela's doctors finally concluded that she suffered a form of epilepsy, and prescription drugs seem to...
Released:
2006
Rated:
NR
Length:
89 mins