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Summary An African refugee's quiet existence in a sleepy mountain town in the south of France is upended by the arrival of a charismatic Catholic priest whom she recognizes as the warlord who slaughtered her family.
Directed By: Ellie Foumbi
Written By: Ellie Foumbi
In Theaters Now
- 2023
- 1 h 47 m
- 2023
- 1 h 47 m
Our Father, the Devil
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Summary An African refugee's quiet existence in a sleepy mountain town in the south of France is upended by the arrival of a charismatic Catholic priest whom she recognizes as the warlord who slaughtered her family.
Directed By: Ellie Foumbi
Written By: Ellie Foumbi
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Metascore
Universal Acclaim
Based on 9 Critic Reviews
87
100% Positive
9 Reviews
9 Reviews
0% Mixed
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0% Negative
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While the film is rich in meticulous details from its crushing central performance to the delicate way it is all captured, any writing about it requires withholding to preserve the experience.
The film ultimately becomes a haunting portrait of just how broken we all are — whether it’s the result of our parents’ shortcomings or Eve biting the apple is beside the point.
In the assured hands of the writer-director Ellie Foumbi, Marie’s unraveling yields not only an absorbing psychological thriller, but a profound meditation on the ethics of immigration.
Foumbi’s Our Father, The Devil manages to take overused themes like trauma and grief and imbue them with every facet of their respective meaning.
The set-up may be "Burning Bed” melodramatic, but Foumbi never lets the film tumble into predictability. We see things almost wholly from Marie’s point of view, but get a sense of the human being inside her captor. The plot has its obvious contrivances, but they never take us out of the story and never dictate any predictable “Hollywood” turn.
A cutting, at times unwieldy exploration of trauma and forgiveness, the enigmatic drama goes places you almost certainly won’t expect — and, once there, makes you wonder how you ever thought it could have gone anywhere else.
Our Father, The Devil is a deeply suspenseful and insightful film.
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Production Company
Resolve Media,
Solid Stripe Films
Release Date Aug 25, 2023
Duration 1 h 47 m
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Awards
American Black Film Festival
• 2 Wins & 4 Nominations
Harlem International Film Festival
• 2 Wins & 4 Nominations
Sidewalk Film Festival
• 3 Wins & 3 Nominations
