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Requiem (2006)

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Reviews Counted:34

Fresh:30

Rotten:4

Average Rating:7.4/10

Consensus: This harrowing, naturalistic drama holds you in its grip through Huller's intense performance.

Rated: 12A

Runtime: 1 hr 33 mins

Genre: Foreign Films

Theatrical Release:17-11-2006

Synopsis: Michaela has grown up in a deeply religious family, in a small town in Germany, in the 1970's. Despite her long battle with epilepsy, she leaves home and secures her first taste of freedom while... Michaela has grown up in a deeply religious family, in a small town in Germany, in the 1970's. Despite her long battle with epilepsy, she leaves home and secures her first taste of freedom while studying at the university. Her budding love for Stefan and her friendship with Hanna crack open the shell of faith and family within which she had always felt secure and protected. The result is a breakdown. Not a normal epileptic attack, but a frightening rush of grotesque faces and voices. Afraid of being sent back home to her family, Michaela seeks help from a priest who reinforces her conviction that she is possessed. Though Stefan and Hanna beg her to seek psychiatric help, they are unable to break through the dense religious and moral ties binding Michaela to her family. They have no choice but to leave her to her fate. The harrowing events portrayed are based on a true story which also inspired the US film, THE EXORCISM OF EMILY ROSE. --© IFC Films [More]

Starring: Sandra Huller, Burghart Klaussner, Imogen Kogge, Anna Blomeier

Starring: Sandra Huller, Burghart Klaussner, Imogen Kogge, Anna Blomeier, Nicholas Reinke

Director: Hans-Christian Schmid

Director: Hans-Christian Schmid
Studio: IFC Films

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an intense, disturbing and bleak drama of ecstasy and insanity, all set in a world where, if there is a God at all, it truly requires a leap of faith into the dark to grasp Him.

Full Review Source: Channel 4 Film | comment Comment
06/15/07
Anton Bitel
Anton Bitel
Channel 4 Film
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A tragic tale of teen rebellion and misplaced faith, this is a sober and sobering account of a young girl's untimely end, made enthralling by great performances and restrained direction.

Full Review Source: Empire Magazine | comment Comment
12/30/06
Helen OHara
Helen OHara
Empire Magazine
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A naturalistic and thrillingly powerful film, with a stand-out performance from Hüller at its centre.

Full Review Source: BBC | comment Comment
11/21/06
David Mattin
David Mattin
BBC
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The movie ends a little too abruptly, but it features a heartrending performance from Sandra Huller that brought her the best actress award at this year's Berlin Film Festival.

Full Review Source: Observer [UK] | comment Comment
11/18/06
Philip French
Philip French
Observer [UK]

Based on the same story as The Exorcism of Emily Rose, this is a far more accurate and ultimately much more frightening version of events, with an award-winning performance from Huller.

Full Review Source: ViewLondon | comment Comment
11/02/06
Matthew Turner
Matthew Turner
ViewLondon

Quietly devastating and unbearably moving, this is a soul-searching classic.

Full Review Source: Time Out | comment Comment
10/30/06
Nigel Floyd
Nigel Floyd
Time Out
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Progresses in a natural, unforced style that's increasingly creepy and ultimately emotionally shattering.

Full Review Source: Shadows on the Wall | comment Comment
10/18/06
Rich Cline
Rich Cline
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Full Review Source: Filmcritic.com | comment Comment
03/15/07
Christopher Null
Christopher Null
Filmcritic.com

A convincing portrayal of a helpless soul wavering between fear and faith, and the madness of murder being perpetrated in the name of Christ.

Full Review Source: Upstage Magazine | comment Comment
03/10/07
Kam Williams
Kam Williams
Upstage Magazine

What matters in Requiem amounts to the fine performances, Schmid's assured hand, and the magnificent rustic scenery.

Full Review Source: Film Journal International | comment Comment
03/01/07
Doris Toumarkine
Doris Toumarkine
Film Journal International

Sandra Hueller leads a fine cast and gives a textured performance as wallflower Michaela who is suddenly freed when she goes out into the world, only to be done in by her inner, psychosis-driven demons.

Full Review Source: Reeling Reviews | comment Comment
12/30/06
Robin Clifford
Robin Clifford
Reeling Reviews

[Huller] combines the raw physicality of Michaela’s seizures with an emotional confusion as she ponders the cause of her attacks and how to react to them.

Full Review Source: Boxoffice Magazine | comment Comment
12/30/06
Ed Scheid
Ed Scheid
Boxoffice Magazine

Working from an economical and intelligent script by Bernd Lange , Schmid directs his first feature with the easy conviction that eluded the makers of the preposterous Emily Rose.

Full Review Source: Boston Globe | comment Comment
11/24/06
Wesley Morris
Wesley Morris
Boston Globe

Stage actress Sandra Huller delivers a stunning, understated performance...

Full Review Source: Chicago Sun-Times | comment Comment
11/17/06
Bill Stamets
Bill Stamets
Chicago Sun-Times
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The nonsensationalistic results are also somewhat ho-hum -- and oddly less convincing than Friedkin's lurid mess, let alone the elegant satanism sagas of Tourneur and Polanski.

Full Review Source: Chicago Reader | comment Comment
11/16/06
Martin Rubin
Martin Rubin
Chicago Reader

The confusion and panic and everyday interactions in Requiem feel honest and true-to-life, which has nothing to do with how factual it is, or isn't.

Full Review Source: Chicago Tribune | comment Comment
11/16/06
Michael Phillips
Michael Phillips
Chicago Tribune

What cannot be debated is the strength of Huller's naturalistic lead performance, a frighteninglyn intense turn that brings to mind Emily Watson's work in Breaking the Waves.

Full Review Source: Los Angeles Daily News | comment Comment
11/03/06
Glenn Whipp
Glenn Whipp
Los Angeles Daily News

In lesser hands, Requiem would seem merely bleak, but Schmid makes a rigorously urgent and compelling film out of Michaela's odyssey.

Full Review Source: Los Angeles Times | comment Comment
11/02/06
Kevin Thomas
Kevin Thomas
Los Angeles Times
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[Sandra Hüller's] intensity is so compelling you truly have no idea if those demons are real.

Full Review Source: Entertainment Weekly | comment Comment
10/25/06
Owen Gleiberman
Owen Gleiberman
Entertainment Weekly

Requiem isn't a horror movie so much as a thwarted coming-of-age story, like Carrie without the bloody reckoning.

Full Review Source: AV Club | comment Comment
10/20/06
Scott Tobias
Scott Tobias
AV Club
 
 
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