Requiem (2006)

Directed by

Hans-Christian Schmid

Genre

drama film

Country

Germany

Runtime

1h 33m

Rated

12

Rating

6.6 of 10 from 126 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young woman with epilepsy believes she may be possessed by demons. Her devout church community pressures her to seek an exorcism. The film follows her deteriorating mental and physical state.

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What happens

Requiem is a 2006 German drama film directed by Hans-Christian Schmid. It stars Sandra Hüller as Michaela Klingler, a woman with epilepsy, believed by members of her church to be possessed. The film avoids special effects or dramatic music and instead presents documentary-style film making, which focuses on Michaela's struggle to lead a normal life, trapped in a limbo which could either represent demonic possession or mental illness. The film focuses on the medical condition of epilepsy as seen in the real-life events of Anneliese Michel, a German woman who was allegedly possessed by six or more demons and died in 1976. These events also served as the basis of Scott Derrickson's 2005 film The Exorcism of Emily Rose. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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