The Five Devils

The Five Devils

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  • Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Romance
  • Release Date: 2022-08-31
  • Runtime: 96 minutes
  • : 6.9
  • Production Company: F Comme Film
  • Production Country: France
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6.9/10
6.9
From 176 Ratings

Description

8-year-old Vicky has a mysterious gift: she can recreate any scent she comes across, even that of her beloved mother Joanne. When her estranged aunt Julia suddenly returns to town, the invocation of her fragrance plunges the young girl back in time to unravel a past replete with family secrets.

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  • badelf

    7
    By badelf
    Léa Mysius has created a fascinating study here in The Five Devils. It reminds me a lot of Kubrick's horror, The Shining. Both films revolve around a protagonist that is a child gifted with the "Shining", the gift of "seeing" what others do not. The common thread is that the gift is really a metaphor for how much adults underestimate what a child sees, hears, and understands. Mysius uses magic surrealism as the vehicle for her exposition. It's quite charming and exciting. It's very well done and worth the accolades, even though I felt the script had just a few faults that took me away from complete enjoyment.

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