Hors Satan (2011)
AKA: Outside Satan
Directed by: Bruno Dumont
Starring: David Dewaele (The Man), Alexandre Lematre (The Girl), Aurore Broutin (Backpacker), Valerie Mestdagh (The Mother), Juliette Bacquet (Young girl), Sonia Barthelemy (Young girl’s mother), Dominique Caffier (Man with the dog)
Country: France; Effed Up European Cinema
Language: French (Eng Subs); Effed Up French Movies
Runtime: 01:49:42
Genres: Religious tone
Plot – Spoilers:
A man sleeps on the beach and survives on food punctually doled out to him by a couple of neighbors. One of them is an emo girl who spends most of her time outside home with him in what is a platonic relationship by his choice.
Who are these two though? You might well finish the movie and still not know. But there’s something compelling about them, in particular the man right from the outset when we’re treated to two different, yet powerful facial expressions from him. The first, beseeching as he prays, and the next one, a Christ-like calmness when he goes on to meet the girl. With his ill-fitting jacket and unique, awkward way of walking, he holds your attention as you follow extended sequences of the pair trudging for hours through marshland in a silence that is punctuated only by the occasional act of violence.
Random Thoughts on the two main characters – Spoilers
There might be miracles, but who is Jesus here. Is it really the man who resembles depictions of Christ? Or is it in fact the girl, despite her always being dressed in black. She’s after all the passive one who accepts everything as truth. Who performs penance on behalf of the village to stop the fires. And who is resurrected.
It’s tempting to attribute Christ-like qualities to the man because he’s the one capable of miracles, the one who is tempted by the serpent (the backpacker who slides into the water in serpentine-fashion). But he’s also the one prone to violence and he also lies – like when he claims to have shot the deer accidentally, when it was clear he’d lowered his shotgun to take aim and fire. The title of the film also doesn’t help in clearing things.
You poor cunts, this is absolutely brilliant
She’s so beautiful
Now that was a weird one, but I liked it.
The fucked-to-death scene was definetely the most coherrent thing in the entire movie.
4\5
Behold, I will make them of the synagogue of Satan, which say they are Jews, and are not, but do lie; behold, I will make them to come and worship.
[44] You are of your father the devil, and your will is to do your father’s desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, and has nothing to do with the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks according to his own nature, for he is a liar and the father of lies.
But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to where he was baptizing, he said to them: “You brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee.
Behold, I Paul say unto you, that, if ye receive circumcision, Christ will profit you nothing. Yea, I testify again to every man that receiveth circumcision, that he is a debtor to do the whole law.
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I can’t say I understood this movie at all. And it was slow but I wanted to keep watching. All in all it was interesting enough but I never really concluded what was going on.
And the man seemed to have a really odd and strange look about him. Not sure if his eyes line up with each other either.
satan isnt a whore
Did king hobo filled the slut with so much cum that it came through her mouth? 😮
boring af…just like your mom
The two main characters are strange and kind of odd looking, I didn’t read the description before I watched it so I went in cold not knowing anything about it. I’m not sure I know anything about it after seeing it either. It’s slow and weird with lingering shots, beautiful landscapes and no musical score to distract you from the story. What the story is and what it means are up for debate. Yes, it’s weird as fuck and I loved it. 5 stars.