The Whispering of the Gods (2005)

Original title

ゲルマニウムの夜

Directed by

Tatsushi Ōmori

Genre

drama film

Country

Japan

Runtime

1h 47m

Rating

5.3 of 10 from 13 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A teenager hides out in a Catholic farming community after committing murder. The film shows the abuse and tension within the closed-off group.

bleaktenseslow-burnmelancholicdisturbingclaustrophobicunsettling

What happens

The Whispering of the Gods (Japanese: ゲルマニウムの夜, Hepburn: Gerumaniumu no Yoru) is a 2005 Japanese drama film directed by Tatsushi Ōmori and based on a 1998 novel by Mangetsu Hanamura. Released without approval from Eirin, the film details abuse in a tight-knit Catholic farming community where a teenager who has committed murder takes refuge. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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