Sennentuntschi
Directed by:
Michael SteinerCinematography:
Pascal WalderComposer:
Adrian FrutigerCast:
Roxane Mesquida, Nicholas Ofczarek, Andrea Zogg, Carlos Leal, Joel Basman, Hanspeter Müller, Rebecca Indermaur, Ueli Jäggi, Peter Jecklin, Paula Marija (more)Plots(1)
The Swiss Alps in 1975: in a remote mountain village, a woman of wild beauty appears as if from nowhere. The village policeman Reusch is the only one who openly approaches the mute woman in an attempt to find out who she is. It becomes apparent that she has travelled from Höhenalp, where Alpine herdsmen do unimaginable things to attract female company and thus combat their solitude. An affliction that would rather have remained undiscovered gradually comes to light and a story of desire, madness and murder jeopardizes the village's apparent idyll. It is the beginning of a nightmare filled with sanctimonious madness, hypocrisy, abuse and demonism that threatens to end the dreams of two lovers and drag the whole village into the abyss. (Invincible Pictures)
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The Swiss horror film Sennentuntschi: Curse of the Alps is definitely worth watching and should not be missed by horror fans. This is a very gritty tale about a doll that got lost and everyone who found her afterwards wished they hadn't. However, thanks to that, the audience at least gets to watch a very intense spectacle that will resonate in their heads for some time. That's what a good movie should be able to do.
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I considered a third star, but it would have been for the Alps rather than the film itself. Sennentuntschi is about some sort of mountain legend of a girl brought to life by the Devil that three Alpine farmers had put together for their own pleasure. Ideally, the viewer should wonder whether the film’s main character is the legendary figure, another supernatural creature, or a normal homo sapiens-sapiens who’s not playing with a full deck. In theory, I’m a target viewer because I like this kind of premise, but I watched most of the film without much interest; I loved the landscape, but I didn’t get any significant emotions. The last “shocking” twist was surprising in its pointlessness. With this film, Switzerland is not going to get among the major countries in the genre :)
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