beyond the mountains

Laverna 2022-03-25 09:01:20

The film is based on a reportage by journalist Tatiana Nicolescu Boone. The reportage tells the story of an old nun who died following an exorcism in 2005.
In the film, there are two protagonists, one is called Alina and the other is called Vecchia. They grew up in the same orphanage. After becoming an adult, Vecchia felt that the monastery was a refuge for her soul, so she became a nun; and Alina went to Germany. They haven't been in touch for a long time, but their fates are reconnected by an accident.

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Extended Reading
  • Alysha 2022-03-28 09:01:12

    Mengji still has a realistic and critical attitude in the past, but it can be seen that the director's ambition is not small this time, and the pattern of the film is much larger than that of the previous work. The director analyzes the ignorance of religion and the indifference of society through restrained and sharp brushstrokes. At the end of the film, the little nun finally takes off her religious shackles, because she can see that it is not God or anyone else that saves herself, but herself and her lover.

  • Brice 2022-03-15 09:01:08

    Religion is sometimes a cold weapon

Beyond the Hills quotes

  • Priest: The man who leaves and the man who comes back are not the same.