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Watched in the cinema (173rd visit in 2024)
After "The Lodge" and two episodes of the series "Servant", Severin Fiala and Veronika Franz return to their native Austria with the oppressive psychological drama "Des Teufels Bad". Right from the prologue of this slow burner, it becomes clear that the directors are focusing on a subject that is uncomfortable, painful and, above all, terribly sad.
A young woman stands in front of a waterfall. She is holding a baby in her…
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★★★½ Rewatched 01 Oct 2020
Shocktober 2020 # 1
Watched on Blu-Ray
In crystal-clear images full of dreadful coldness, underscored by constricting sound montages, "Ich seh Ich seh" undermines the security of a family that has been broken long ago, before the fatal consequences reach their crushing climax. With impressive intensity the film drills deep into childlike fears, tears gaping trenches through structures that should be unshakeable, creates great uneasiness and thus knows how to captivate enormously. The fact that the attentive viewer is actually…
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