daniel p
“El baño del diablo: Infierno en nombre del cielo”
Ganadora del Festival de Sitges 2024, Des Teufels Bad me gustó mucho. Me recordó a La Bruja de Robert Eggers, por su ambientación abierta, sombría y opresiva. Está basada en hechos reales y muestra un pueblo donde el suicidio es mal visto, así que las personas —en su mayoría mujeres— optaban por matar a alguien, generalmente niños, para luego ir con un cura, pedir perdón y ser absueltas… y aun así ser castigadas por la comunidad. Así empieza la película: una mujer lanza a un bebé por un barranco. Ese es el tono.
La historia sigue a Agnes (Anja Plaschg), una joven que se casa con Wolf (David Scheid) y parece que todo irá bien, pero pronto vemos su lucha por adaptarse a esa nueva vida. Su esposo la desprecia, su suegra es opresiva, no tiene amigos, y todo eso la arrastra a una depresión retratada de forma brillante por las directoras Severin Fiala y Veronika Franz. El guion está muy bien trabajado y visualmente es impresionante: el uso de recursos cinematográficos, la fotografía, los paisajes rurales, los animales, las costumbres… todo crea una atmósfera sofocante, dura y muy efectiva.
La actuación de Anja Plaschg es excelente. No me aburrí en ningún momento. La música, en ciertos pasajes, me hizo sentir solo, vulnerable, expuesto. Y el final me dejó impactado. Esta película muestra hasta dónde puede llegar el fanatismo religioso y la desesperación en una sociedad que te aplasta lentamente.
En resumen, Una historia perturbadora sobre fe, opresión y desesperación, donde el dolor se retrata en cada plano. Atmósfera opresiva, dirección sólida y una protagonista que transmite sin decir mucho.
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Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars
05/02/25
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Kai H
As someone with clinical depression this movie punched me straight in the gut
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars
04/24/25
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Wayne K
The events in The Devil’s Bath are all the more depressing when you realise that they’re based on, or at least grounded in, actual historical events which really make a lot of the modern-day gripes we face seem like child’s play by comparison. The filmmakers do a great job of creating a bleak as Hell atmosphere and an environment that looks cold, uninviting and miserable. It makes you wonder how anyone managed to survive that place and time period. It’s a potent story of depression and loneliness against a fitting backdrop, but sadly the film’s desire to labour every point and stretch ever scene out as long as possible soon plays havoc with the pacing, and the drama is often lost as you’re just wating for events to move on. I like the simple, understated character interplay, with the limited dialogue helping to contribute to our lead’s feeling of isolation, but there’s parts where I felt like the story was spinning its wheels, as if an actor had missed their cue and they kept rolling the cameras until they made it into position. It’s a well-made film that honours it’s subjects by not sugarcoating what they went through, but by being too long and too slow, I fear it might put off people who would otherwise have given it a try, despite the grim material. A film worth seeing, but once at most.
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Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars
03/10/25
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Ricardo d
Um filme estilo A Bruxa. Lento, detalhista, sutil e chocante. Ainda mais se analisarmos que este terror é real, e aconteceu e talvez até ainda aconteça nos dias de hoje. A atuação da protagonista é muito boa e é o que mantém o time do filme. Sua cena de confissão é emocionante.
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Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars
02/08/25
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Courtney K
interestinggggggggggg... to be honest, besides a few shocking scenes i wasn't expecting, this was a little slow/boring. after reading a few other's reviews I obviously missed the whole point of the film; I wasn't aware this was supposedly based on true events/etc. & after learning what the point of it all was, I gained a newfound appreciation for it. a super intriguing premise that was actually executed pretty well. overall i'd recommend it - i'd also recommend not starting to multitask partway through when you don't speak German, lol.
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Rated 4 out of 5 stars
12/27/24
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Maxi S
One of the best to have ever been put out. Its atmospherically welldone enough to keep you going and guessing while it drags....and then blows up in your face like a ted mail.
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars
12/22/24
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