The Rite - The ritual
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | The Rite - The ritual |
| Original title | The Rite |
| Country of production | United States , Italy , Hungary |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 2011 |
| length | 114 minutes |
| Age rating |
FSK 16 JMK 14 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Mikael Håfström |
| script | Michael Petroni |
| production |
Beau Flynn Tripp Wilson |
| music | Alex Heffes |
| camera | Ben Davis |
| cut | David Rosenbloom |
| occupation | |
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The Rite is an American horror film by director Mikael Håfström . The film is based on the book The School of Exorcists: A Report by Matt Baglio . The film premiered on January 26, 2011 in Hollywood and the German premiere was on March 17, 2011.
action
In the Kovak family it is tradition that the male descendants become either undertakers or priests . Michael's father works as an undertaker in the USA and tries to let his son follow in his footsteps from an early age. For example, he is not afraid to call his son over when he is preparing his wife, who died early, for the funeral. Michael finally decides against the profession of undertaker and to study theology and is about to graduate.
However, Michael himself doubts his belief and tries to quit the seminar. However, his supervisor wants to avoid this and therefore sends the seminarians to Rome . There he should attend a seminar in order to be able to carry out an exorcism in the future . Father Xavier, the leader of the seminary, introduces Michael to the Jesuit Father Lucas, a very experienced exorcist. Lucas becomes Michael's tutor. He is in the process of casting out a demon from a young 16-year-old pregnant woman. Michael should help him. But he doubts whether the woman is really possessed by a demon. He believes she is more likely to have a mental disorder than when he finds out that his own father raped the daughter . But during the expulsion of the devil, the demon repeatedly mentions words and phrases that only Michael can know.
Between the sessions he looks around Rome and befriends the journalist Angelina. She wants to write an article on exorcism, but Father Lucas refuses to speak to her. She hopes to gain access to Lucas through the young seminarians.
In another expulsion of the devil, the demon leaves the body of the young woman and takes over Father Lucas. Michael's father dies but is prevented from traveling to America. After the death of his father, Michael begins to hallucinate and seeks support from Angelina. Father Lucas shows signs of obsession and asks Michael in a clear moment to tie him up and cast out the demon. During the exorcism, the demon tries to corrupt Michael's and Angelina's souls as well. Michael, who until now had doubts about his faith, begins to believe in the devil and thus finds his faith again. Eventually he can learn the name of the demon Baal and cast him out.
Eventually Michael returns to America and becomes a priest. Angelina wrote her article on exorcisms and you can see Michael hearing a woman's confession.
background
The film was shot in Hungary , among others . The production, which cost 37 million US dollars, grossed a total of 96 million US dollars worldwide by April 2011. The German film and media rating awarded the film the rating “valuable”.
Reviews
"Colin O'Donoghue as Kovak and Anthony Hopkins as Father Lucas are a great duo of faith and doubt, beautifully staged by director Mikael Håfström."
“The viewer is shown in great detail how Satan rages in people. The cheap intention of the Swedish director Mikael Håfström to intensify the psychological fear effect through the undercooled, almost factual representation, is quickly seen through. The only highlight: Anthony Hopkins' acting skills not only strengthen the plot - he also makes the film reasonably interesting. But he did not succeed in a new The Silence of the Lambs . "
Web links
- The Rite - The ritual in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- The Rite - The ritual atRotten Tomatoes(English)
- Rite True Story vs. Movie - Chasing the Frog
Individual evidence
- ↑ Age designation for The Rite - Das Ritual . Youth Media Commission .
- ^ The Rite at boxofficemojo.com, accessed May 15, 2011.
- ^ The Rite - Das Ritual on the homepage of the German Film and Media Rating, accessed on May 15, 2011.
- ↑ Christina Dietz: In the Demon Delirium , article from March 14, 2011 in der Zeit , accessed on May 15, 2011.
- ↑ Jonas Kühlberg (zitty.de) ( Memento of the original from April 18, 2011 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. Retrieved May 16, 2011.
