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Legions (2022)

Legions poster
Original title
Legiones
Directed by
Fabián Forte
Genre
supernatural horror film
Country
Argentina
Runtime
1h 28m
Rated
16+
Rating
6.5 of 10 from 41 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A powerful sorcerer escapes a psychiatric hospital to find his daughter who has forgotten her magical abilities. He must help her remember her powers to stop demonic forces causing chaos across Argentina.

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What happens

Legions (Spanish: Legiones), also known as Cosa e' Mandinga, is a 2022 Argentine supernatural horror film written and directed by Fabián Forte. It stars Germán de Silva as Antonio Poyju, a powerful sorcerer who must escape from a psychiatric hospital and find his daughter Helena (played by Lorena Vega)—who has forgotten her magical powers—in order to counter demonic forces wreaking havoc across Argentina. Legions was filmed in Buenos Aires and Misiones Province, Argentina. It premiered in Porto Alegre, Brazil, on 5 January 2022, and screened at several film festivals throughout the year, including the Fantaspoa Festival, Sitges Film Festival and the Fantasia International Film Festival. The film was released by XYZ Films in North America on video-on-demand (VOD) on 19 January 2023. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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