Djinns - demons of the desert
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Djinn - demons of the desert |
| Original title | Djinns |
| Country of production | France |
| original language | French |
| Publishing year | 2010 |
| length | 96 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 16 |
| Rod | |
| Director |
Hugues Martin , Sandra Martin |
| script |
Rachid Bouchareb Olivier Lorelle |
| production |
Caroline Adrian , Antoine Rein , Fabrice Goldstein |
| music | Siegfried Canto |
| camera | Pierre Cottereau |
| cut | Nicolas Sarkissian |
| occupation | |
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Djinn - Demons of the Desert (also marketed under the name Stranded ) is a French action and horror film directed by the couple Hugues Martin and Sandra Martin. Grégoire Leprince-Ringuet , Saïd Taghmaoui , Cyril Raffaelli and Aurélien Wiik play the leading roles.
action
The action takes place in early 1960 during the Algerian War in Algeria . A group of French soldiers led by Durieux is on a rescue mission in the middle of the desert trying to rescue the crew of a crashed French Air Force aircraft . When they arrive at the plane, they find a suitcase that is sealed. The rescuers are caught in an ambush by the Algerian rebels , from which they can fight their way out except for one death. At night, the young and sensitive soldier Michel sees strange phenomena, but goes to sleep again, believing that he has succumbed to an optical illusion.
The group reaches a village whose Arab residents are rounded up by them; a young woman is accidentally shot by Max. Michel captures the rebels outside the village. While interrogating the rebels, the French murder one of them. At night Michel gets up again and sees three demons approaching him. The Algerian girl who had been killed appears to one of the soldiers and speaks to him. At the same time, one of the injured French soldiers stands up as if by remote control and tries to murder the superior, but can be shot just in time. Shortly thereafter, Max suffers a fit of madness, whereupon he is shot by a comrade in self-defense. The next day the men debate whether or not to leave. The sadistic Vacard begins again to torture the captured rebels with beatings and mock executions. The situation is also escalating among each other. There are beatings, insults and refusal to give orders.
An old woman from the village warns Michel that the cause is jinn , demons of the desert, which the soldiers will no longer allow the soldiers to leave. He should seek shelter in the mosque at night .
The soldiers stay in the village one more night. Vacard, meanwhile, suffers from memories of his imprisonment during the Indochina War . There he had murdered his injured comrade Martinez because he had screamed too loud in pain. When he wakes up, he is paranoid and threatens Durieux. This in turn is tormented by the demons with shrill tones. Later, one of the younger soldiers has to kill his superior in self-defense when he tries to murder him. Michel takes his injured comrade with him and tries to reach the mosque. Durieux comes to a terrible end and one of the comrades hunts down demon-possessed Michel, who finds shelter with locals. Michel manages to shoot his comrade. Vacard tries to murder Michel, but is killed by one of the rebels who had freed himself in the meantime.
The next morning - there are only two French left - Michel decides to stay with the Algerians. His comrade tries to return alone with the suitcase. When the latter came back under French rule, a colonel told him that there was no village in the area in question. The suitcase containing the order to carry out the French nuclear weapons tests in the Algerian desert is forwarded. At the end of the film, Michel and the villagers witness the detonated bomb on February 12, 1960.
Production and more
- The French film was shot exclusively in Morocco.
- Nicolas Duvauchelle was supposed to play but was replaced by Saïd Taghmaoui .
- As with the classic film Easy Rider , the final scene has already been shown beforehand as part of a vision by the main actor.
Historical background
Algeria was only granted independence by France in 1962 after a long war. In 1960, head of state Charles de Gaulle had nuclear weapons tests carried out in the Algerian desert . According to the latest scientific findings, up to 30,000 Algerians were injured.
criticism
"At first the film looks very solid and promising, but gradually the haphazard story robs the tension and" Djinn - demons of the desert "develops into the standard B-movie." Jens Giermann
publication
Djinns had its world premiere on July 8, 2010 at the Neuchâtel International Fantastic Film Festival . The French premiere of the film was on August 11, 2010. In Germany, the film was first released on DVD on January 5, 2011 .
Soundtrack
The French composer Siegfried Canto contributed the music.
Web links
- Djinns - demons of the desert in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Release certificate for Djinns - demons of the desert . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , October 2010 (PDF; test number: 124 654 V).
- ^ First Photos from Invisible Creature Feature 'Djinns' . Retrieved March 10, 2013.
- ↑ BD Horror News - AFM '08: 'Djinns' in Pre-Production, First Look!
- ↑ New French promo artwork for horror: DJINNS (aka Stranded) ( Memento of the original from May 26, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ New Tiny Teaser Art: Djinns
- ^ Djinns Use the Desert Against the French Army: A Movie Preview
- ↑ Nicolas Duvauchelle à l'aise dans les Djinns ( Memento of the original of June 9, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Saïd Taghmaoui en Djinn ( Memento of the original from June 9, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Over a Dozen New Sills: Djinns
- ↑ br-online.de ( Memento from April 13, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Jens Giermann: Djinn - demons of the desert. In: Zelluloid.de. April 19, 2011, archived from the original on September 29, 2018 ; accessed on March 11, 2016 .
- ↑ Djinn - demons of the desert. In: Zelluloid.de. Archived from the original on March 26, 2016 ; accessed on September 29, 2018 .
- ^ Daniel Paredes: NIFFF 2010. In: Groarr.ch. July 20, 2010. Retrieved September 29, 2018 .
- ^ Djinns, un film de Hugues Martin
- ↑ Djinns - demons of the desert. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed September 29, 2018 .
- ↑ Djinns par Sandra Martin - TOUTLECINE.COM ( Memento of the original from May 23, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
