"REQUIEM" is the latest work by Hans-Christian Schmid, Germany's most talented young director, and it is also his Berlin award-winning "Distant Lights" three years ago. After the most critically acclaimed moving new work. The film describes a real horrific event that occurred in Germany in the 1970s, and it is also a very rare case in the Catholic Church: The Vatican also officially admitted for the first time that the 19-year-old freshman student in the play was indeed suffering. When it came to "Evil Spirit Possession", it caused intense controversy. The female student was even forcibly exorcised by two priests and was tortured to death. This incident shocked the whole world at the time. Even though the Holy See determined that it was "possessed by evil spirits," two priests were still prosecuted and sentenced to heavy sentences.
The award-winning film does not wait for the Golden Horse Award "Spirit Boundary" on August 4, the first choice
for the re-screening of Truth, Goodness and Beauty. Because the female student was in poor physical condition since she was a child, was there really an evil spirit invading at that time? Or is she already suffering from schizophrenia? So far it is still a controversial place. Director Hans Schmid discussed this time in an authentic way that restored the entire incident: Is she schizophrenic? Or was it possessed by evil spirits? Although the plot is still shocking, because the movie describes the heroine's bumpy growth process, and her tortured Mood for Love, it makes people more sympathetic to her misfortune. The German actress Sandra Wheeler, who played the heroine, has the innocence of the innocent girl in the film, and the fierceness of the evil spirit. Film Festival" Queen Award.
This German freak film "Spirit Line" was originally a strong film aimed at this year's Taipei Film Festival, but it was unable to come to Taiwan due to the copy scheduling of foreign film festivals. Fortunately, a film manufacturer has bought this film and decided not to wait for the Golden Horse International Film Festival in November, but to launch it ahead of schedule at the Zhen Shan Mei Theater, which will be re-screened on August 4th. Audiences will be able to see this German freak film that was just produced this year and appreciate the skill of the Berlin actress Sandra Wheeler in "playing a ghost"!
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