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A man with the mental faculties of a child must save his mother, thereby becoming god and devil.
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| The Film StageRory O'ConnorBrunner’s doom-metal vibe isn’t always easy on the eye, and while images in Luzifer shiver with portent as early as the opening frames–all muck, rain, and knackered-looking bodies––there is a clarity from cinematographer Peter Flinckenberg that saves it from being too sullen. |
| The PlaylistCharles BramescoBrunner puts his ability to invest anything and everything with a malevolent charge to chillingly effective use. |
| The New York TimesIsabelia HerreraIts intellectual aspiration produces an ideologically crowded film, where each philosophical meditation struggles to receive the attention and depth it deserves. Perhaps that is the point: Brunner seems to want to leave us with more questions than answers — or at least, compel us to search for the devil in everything. |
| Los Angeles TimesNoel MurrayBrunner does a fine job of conveying how the harsh, forbidding landscape where Johannes and Maria live distorts the way they engage with the secular world. |
| Film ThreatSumner ForbesIt is hard not to recommend anything starring Rogowski, an actor so unique in approach and delivery that I always relish the opportunity to see him in a major role. I wouldn’t necessarily go so far as to say that he saves Luzifer entirely, but he certainly makes it watchable. |
| User ReviewDawdlingPoetIts quite a haunting and spooky film. The most sinister bits I felt were the noisy drones flying around the isolated area (which reminded me a little of an episode of Black Mirror set in the countryside with lots of drones chasing a character), like sheepdogs pinning sheep down. There are some nice shots showing moonlight and sunset, plus many murky shots, showing the rural setting in deep fog. There's also quite a lot of religious symbols featured too. It's an uncomfortable watch at points with some sexual elements - what's implied is more unsettling than what's fully shown perhaps. This is undoubtedly a strange, quirky watch which won't appeal to all, especially if you don't like blood, sexual imagery or are especially squeamish (it's not constantly gorey but it has its moments) but otherwise, as a sort of a slow chiller film, it's not bad. The lead actor gives a decent performance for one thing, seeming both vulnerable and someone to fear. The filmc ertainly left me with unanswered questions and the plot is a bit weak but it's worth a watch if it sounds of interest I suppose yes. |
| User ReviewJLuis_001Pushing the boundaries of ambiguity in terms of symbolism, Luzifer is a story that grapples with themes ranging from religious fanaticism to trauma and abuse, adding its share of corporate greed. Luzifer it's a film that looks great and there's plenty to dig into, but the weaknesses of its storytelling are conflicting given the fact that its director doesn't really give room for its themes to be explored and developed more deeply. I'm more than open to the audience being given the opportunity to create their own interpretations, but not necessarily of everything that goes on screen. It deserves the attention, but I do feel that something more powerful was absent in this tale. |
