Hors Satan

Hors Satan (2013)

  • 76% of critics liked it
    (34 reviews)

  • 51% of users liked it
    (417 ratings)

Angel or devil, good or evil, Christ or Satan: These are the mystical questions revolving around the nameless figure living in the coastal dunes outside of a small French town. Named one of the top ten films of the year by Cahiers du Cinema and an official selection of the Cannes Film Festival, Hors… More

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Unrated,
Directed By
Written By
Bruno Dumont
Genres
Drama, Special Interest
In Theaters
Jan 18, 2013 Limited
New Yorker Films

Critic Reviews

  • Kirk Honeycutt, Hollywood Reporter

    Inarticulate characters, long blank stares, forced camera angles and allegorical nonsense make up this pretentious study in quasi-religious ennui.

  • Rob Nelson, Variety

    Maddening, pretentious, hypnotic and transcendent in roughly equal measure.

  • A.O. Scott, New York Times

    Despite its pictorial intensity and the extremity of some of its scenes, the film proceeds in a mood of detachment, turning the suffering physical beings under its scrutiny into abstractions.

  • Mark Jenkins, NPR

    Hors Satan is stark, strange and uncompromisingly personal. It's also vivid and unforgettable.

  • Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly

    Dumont's rigorous, serious attention to the mysteries of good, evil, and faith rewards those willing to be confounded.

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    An enigmatic young man (Dewaele), living in the marshes on the outskirts of a small town, appears to have healing powers. He is befriended by a young goth (Lematre), whose abusive father he shoots dead. As the film progresses, some fall victim to his murderous rampage while others are… More

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