Hors Satan (15)

Drama

A miracle reveals an unseen side of a village loner.

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The critical consensus

Hors Satan won’t win over any new converts to the Dumont cause: on the basis of six films, he appears to be an artist uninterested in working across a range of genres or styles, yet equally he’s perhaps the closest European cinema comes to upholding the magnificent tradition of Robert Bresson.

(*) (*) Tom Dawson, The List, 21/12/2012

Another investigation into the spiritual sublime which will split audiences down the middle. We think it’s kinda brilliant.

(*) David Jenkins, Little White Lies, 25/12/2012

Perhaps he is both saint and sinner. There is an echo of Dennis Potter's Brimstone And Treacle here, or the austere visions of Pier Paolo Pasolini in a startling, uncomfortable test of faith.

(*) (*) (*) Allan Hunter, Daily Express, 28/12/2012

Bleak and compelling.

(*) David Parkinson, Empire Online, 02/01/2013

(*) (*) Nigel Andrews, Financial Times, 03/01/2013

The wild, coastal landscapes where Bruno Dumont's antihero roams free from retribution create a lucid dream of violence and beauty.

(*) Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian, 03/01/2013

Dumont...plainly regards it as his right to place huge demands on his audience - the most obvious of them being patience.

(*) (*) (*) Anthony Quinn, The Independent, 04/01/2013

Bruno Dumont's sixth and most compelling film.

Philip French, The Observer, 06/01/2013