
It is the 70's, and in the German countryside the epileptic Michaela Klingler joins the pedagogy course at the University against the will of her pious mother, Marianne. However her father Karl Klingler rents her a room in the sorority house and Michaela travels to Tübingen. As the semester progresses, Michaela befriends her former high school friend, Hanna Imhof, who forces her to seek medical help. When Michaela has a crisis, she stops taking her medication and believes sh... (Full plot summary below)
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It is the 70's, and in the German countryside the epileptic Michaela Klingler joins the pedagogy course at the University against the will of her pious mother, Marianne. However her father Karl Klingler rents her a room in the sorority house and Michaela travels to Tübingen. As the semester progresses, Michaela befriends her former high school friend, Hanna Imhof, who forces her to seek medical help. When Michaela has a crisis, she stops taking her medication and believes she is possessed by demons, and her health gets worse. She decides to seek out a priest, Martin Borchert, who believes in exorcism whereas the progressive parochial priest Gerhard Landauer tries to convince her to go to a psychologist.
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| Salon.comAndrew O'HehirRequiem, the new film from German director Hans-Christian Schmid, is absolutely astonishing. See it if you possibly can. |
| Chicago TribuneMichael PhillipsAn exorcism movie for the rest of us, the gripping German drama Requiem contains not a single special effect. It doesn't need one. It has terrific actors fully invested in a casual-seeming, docudramatic brand of storytelling, notably Sandra Hueller. |
| TV Guide MagazineKen FoxBogumil Godfrejow's raw cinematography and Huller's poignant, close-to-the-bone performance transform what might have been a morbid curiosity into an entirely enthralling, quietly terrifying experience. |
| VarietyEddie CockrellStunningly played story of faith vs. family. |
| Entertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanRequiem is drawn from an incident that was also the basis for last year's demon-seed hit, "The Exorcism of Emily Rose." |
| New York PostV.A. MusettoAnybody who's ever seen a movie about exorcism knows that, in cases like this, the first thing to do is call 1-800-PRIEST, which the family does. |
| The A.V. ClubScott TobiasThough its heroine's mysterious seizures and blackouts are terrifying in the way they undermine her quest for self-determination, Requiem isn't a horror movie so much as a thwarted coming-of-age story, like "Carrie" without the bloody reckoning. |
| EmpireHelen O'HaraA tragic tale of teen rebellion and misplaced faith, this is a sober and sobering account of a young girl's untimely end, made enthralling by great performances and restrained direction. |
| Los Angeles TimesKevin ThomasIn its subtlety, complexity and dexterity, Requiem is a notably original work. |
| The New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisRequiem is a moving study of a tortured young woman more at peace with medieval ritual than with modern medicine. |