Fresh
Working from an economical and intelligent script by Bernd Lange , Schmid directs his first feature with the easy conviction that eluded the makers of the preposterous Emily Rose.
Wesley Morris, Boston Globe
Requiem
She claimed she was possessed. There was no way to know for sure.
2006 · 1h 32m · TV-MA
Drama
Directed by
Hans-Christian Schmid
Overview
Michaela, an epileptic, enrolls in college to study education. She goes off her medication and soon begins hearing voices and seeing apparitions that tell her to avoid religious objects, although she is devoutly Roman Catholic. One priest scoffs at the idea that Michaela could be possessed by demons, but a younger pastor arranges an exorcism for the young woman.
Director and cast
- Hans-Christian Schmid Director
- Sandra Hüller as Michaela Klingler
- Burghart Klaußner as Karl Klingler
- Imogen Kogge as Marianne Klingler
- Anna Blomeier as Hanna Imhof
- Nicholas Reinke as Stefan Weiser
- Walter Schmidinger as Gerhart Landauer
- Johann Adam Oest as Professor
- Eva Löbau as Nurse
- Friederike Adolph as Helga Klingler
- Jens Harzer as Martin Borchert
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
86%
Tomatometer
Fresh
Stage actress Sandra Huller delivers a stunning, understated performance...
Bill Stamets, Chicago Sun-Times
Rotten
The nonsensationalistic results are also somewhat ho-hum -- and oddly less convincing than Friedkin's lurid mess, let alone the elegant satanism sagas of Tourneur and Polanski.
Martin Rubin, Chicago Reader
Fresh
The confusion and panic and everyday interactions in Requiem feel honest and true-to-life, which has nothing to do with how factual it is, or isn't.
Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune
Fresh
In lesser hands, Requiem would seem merely bleak, but Schmid makes a rigorously urgent and compelling film out of Michaela's odyssey.
Kevin Thomas, Los Angeles Times
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