Der 10. Mai
When Nazi Germany invaded the Benelux, Switzerland faced the question: what if we’re next? Restored 1950s masterpiece.
93'
Switzerland
IFFR 2021
After Purificata has been rejected a few times too often by the man she desires, she puts a hex on him – resulting in the church demanding an exorcism of the young peasant woman, as she must be possessed by the devil.
Il demonio is a truly unique experiment in the history of cinema. It’s probably the first piece of movie gothic to be based on contemporary scientific studies: the research conducted by Italian anthropologist Ernesto de Martino in the Basilicata, one of Italy’s southernmost regions. Put another way, it’s the lone neorealist film to explore the spheres of popular beliefs that veers into Folk Horror territory. For longtime Fellini friend and collaborator Brunello Rondi, Purificata would be the first of his many women in revolt, a company that includes disappointed bourgeois wives (Valeria dentro e fuori, 1972), convicts (Prigione di donne, 1974) and Mother Teresa (La voce, 1982).
IFFR 2021
Programme IFFR 2021
A sphere of collective remembrance and imagination offering restored classics, documentaries on film culture, and explorations of cinema’s heritage.
Read more about this programmeWhen Nazi Germany invaded the Benelux, Switzerland faced the question: what if we’re next? Restored 1950s masterpiece.
93'
Switzerland
IFFR 2021
As Japanese monsters like Godzilla have so often saved the world, could they now help us fight Covid-19? Find out here!
88'
Japan
IFFR 2021
Can we find a different feminism in the images of state-sponsored Soviet documentaries about women and their role in socialism? Yes.
20'
Russia
IFFR 2021