Tanjuska and the 7 Devils (1993)

Original title

Tanjuska ja 7 perkelettä

Directed by

Pirjo Honkasalo

Genre

documentary film

Country

Finland

Runtime

1h 22m

Rating

6.5 of 10 from 2 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary follows a ten-year-old girl in Belarus whose family believes she is possessed by the devil. The filmmaker observes the community's response to her condition.

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What happens

Tanjuska and the 7 Devils (Finnish: Tanjuska ja 7 perkelettä) is a 1993 documentary film by Finnish director Pirjo Honkasalo about a ten-year-old Belarusian girl who is believed to have been possessed by the devil. It is the second part of Honkasalo's "Trilogy of the Sacred and the Satanic", preceded by Mysterion (1991) and followed by Atman (1997). The film won several international awards, including the International Jury Award at the Bombay International Film Festival. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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