Demon

Showings

Drafthouse San Francisco Sat, Feb 27, 2016 8:50 PM
Film Info
Director(s):Marcin Wrona
Editor(s):Piotr Kmiecik
Principal Cast:Itay Tiran
Tomasz Schuchardt
Andrzej Grabowski
Adam Woronowicz
Wlodzimierz Press
Tomasz Zietek
Katarzyna Gniewkowska
Agnieszka Zulewska
Cinematographer:Pawel Flis
Screenwriter(s):Marcin Wrona
Pawel Maslona
Country:Poland
Israel
Year of Production:2015
Running Time:94 min
Language(s):Polish
English
Genre-Subject:Anti-Semitism
Religion & Spirituality
20-somethings
Relationships & Romance
Thriller
Horror
Poland

Description

Peter has just arrived from England to marry his beautiful fiancée, Zaneta, at her family's country house in rural Poland. While inspecting the grounds, Peter finds skeletal human remains buried on the property. Haunted by his discovery, Peter slowly starts to unravel while the joyous and drunken traditional Polish wedding goes on around him. With nods to Kubrick’s The Shining, Demon is a clever take on the Jewish legend of the dybbuk and a thrillingly kinetic cinematic experience.

Festivals & Awards: Toronto International Film Festival; Fantastic Fest

Additional Information

Director’s Bio: Marcin Wrona was born in Tarnów, Poland and studied film at the Jagiellonian University in Kraków. He has directed several features for television, as well as the theatrical features My Flesh, My Blood (‘09) and The Christening (‘10), which screened at the Festival. Demon (‘15) is his latest feature.