Luciferous Page #3

Synopsis: In a high-rise apartment young parents Alex and Mahsa live with their seven-year-old daughter Mina. Everything about the family is completely normal, uncomfortably real: Their home, their jobs, her school, the way they hold and love each other. The line between fact and fiction is blurred because THEY ARE A REAL family. Until completely normal turns into what they fear the most. Alex's injury opens the door to a malevolent force that attacks and dismantles the family one person at a time: A violent aggressor determined to prove that possession is real, unconscionably disturbing and very different from how it's depicted in the movies.
Director(s): Mahsa Ghorbankarimi (co-director), Alexander Gorelick (co-director)
  5 wins.
 
IMDB:
4.0
UNRATED
Year:
2015
90 min
27 Views


and it's eating up into

my exhibition time.

I have to go get Mina.

My mom called, they have

to leave the country.

My grandma is sick.

- Is she okay?

- I don't know she said

they have to go see

what's going on with her.

- Are you okay, baby.

- I don't know, I'm just

worried about so many things,

but most of all is Mina.

Who is going to take care of

her when I have to go to work?

- Don't worry about Mina.

- Can you keep her?

- I can keep her, baby, yes.

- Wake up sleepy head.

Mina mama, wake up.

Mina, Minishka?

Mina ma me, wake up.

Mina, oh my god, Mina.

Are you okay mama?

Mina, wake up mama.

Are you okay?

- Mommy somebody

was right there!

- Alex, don't bring

Mina into this.

She just had a little nightmare,

she had all the reasons

to have nightmares.

- And I have all the reason

to do all this sh*t and not

remember any of it?

- F***, what the hell.

- Hi baby, how are you?

- I'm okay baby,

how was your day?

- Not so good, I think I'm

gonna lose my biggest client.

For some reason, I took all my

pictures in the wrong format

to the printer.

And on top of that, today

is the last day of my show,

and I only sold one print.

- What the f***.

- Baby, you are still watching

this stupid security channel?

- Ugh, f***, ugh.

Snap out of it Alex.

Wake up.

- Are you okay Alex?

What are you trying to

figure out watching the

security channel, baby.

- I'm okay, baby.

- It's like you're waiting

for something to happen.

- I'm okay, I'm okay.

- Can you turn it off?

I have to talk to

you about something.

- Baby, why do I

have to turn it off?

We can talk.

- Well Mina's principal

called, she says that she's

completely tired and keep

falling asleep in the middle

of the class.

I don't think she's

sleeping properly at night.

- Yeah, baby, because there

are things in this apartment

that don't let her sleep.

Okay, wait, have you ever,

in your professional life,

ever prepped photos for your

clients in the wrong format?

- Alex, so this thing inside

of our apartment reformatted

my pictures?

Come on baby.

- Baby, just no, seriously,

have you ever done that

in your life?

F***, sh*t.

Anybody there?

- Dinner is ready baby.

Tonight you are going

to sleep like a baby.

You are going to think

about good things,

because it's very important

mama, when you go to bed,

you think about good,

happy things, okay?

Think about how much

mommy and daddy love you,

think about how much fun

we are going to have at

school tomorrow.

Baby, what's going on?

- Baby, what's going on?

This apartment is f***ed.

- What are you talking about?

- What am I talking about?

Baby, I'm not a f***ing idiot.

Okay, we have to sell this

place, and get the f*** out

of here as soon as possible!

- Keep your voice down.

Mina doesn't need

to hear any of this.

She's traumatized enough.

- I saw him today, in

the building, it's Peter,

and he's f***ing with us.

- Oh my god, so that's

our new story now?

After all these years, Peter

have come back for revenge.

Coincidentally, right after

you had a head trauma.

- You don't understand okay.

I'm telling you I saw him in

the building, looking exactly

the same way he did

on the day he died.

- Alex, this is insane.

- Saw him!

- I have no energy for this.

Alex, we've talked

about this before, baby.

You have to let this go,

it wasn't your fault.

You have to stop

blaming yourself.

You're allowing this

to f*** with you.

- I'm allowing this

to f*** with me.

- Yes.

- I'm allowing it

to f*** with me?

Is it a coincidence

that I'm not recovering?

F***.

Baby, I'm allowing

this to f*** with me.

Peter wants me to go

crazy, he wants me

to hurt you and Mina, the

way his family was hurt.

- Oh my god.

- I'm allowing it

to f*** with me?

- I cannot believe you're

saying these things.

I cannot believe it.

- You can't believe I'm

saying these things?

Baby, I don't understand

how it's not effecting you.

How is this not effecting you?

- What are you saying?

- F***.

- I'm not suffering

enough for you?

- It's just so obvious.

- What the hell

you want from me?

Have a good day baby.

Don't forget to pick

up Mina after school.

- I'm so cold, I wanna go home.

Daddy!

Daddy, daddy!

Daddy are you awake?

- Leave me alone, Mina.

- Ugh, I'm so cold,

I wanna go home.

I want my mommy!

Mommy!

Mommy, mommy!

- Oh, excuse me officer, I

think I hear them coming.

Just one second, excuse me.

- Minishka! Where

have you been Alex?

- I'm freezing, we

were in the park.

- The park, you took

your kid to the park

in the middle of winter?

It's 10:
00, why didn't

you answer the phone.

- I'm sorry.

- Oh my god, I'm so sorry

officer, they came home.

They were in the park.

Yeah, they're all

okay, they're all okay.

Yes officer I know.

Absolutely, I'm so

sorry to bother you.

What are you doing?

Baby, please pull

over, pull over, baby.

- Did you see that,

did you see that?

- Yes, yes we got all his new

medications and I understand

what you're saying doctor, I

agree with everything that you

say, but I just feel a lot more

comfortable if we could get

a psychiatrist opinion on this.

So if you know somebody

that can refer us to.

Yeah, that would be great.

- And you sleepy head.

- Minishka get ready,

we are going to go out.

- I'm not going anywhere.

- But we are going

to John and LeAnn's.

- Is daddy coming?

- No, just you and I,

daddy's not feeling well.

- Ugh, daddy's always

not feeling well!

- Watch your attitude.

- Hey don't touch my camera!

- Just putting it here,

get ready, we're leaving.

- Is Alex at home?

- He is, but sometimes

he's not feeling so well.

I don't feel comfortable

leaving her alone with him

for extended hours.

- I'm sorry, I didn't know that.

- It's okay.

- But yeah, sure,

bring her up any time.

- Really?

- Oh we love that little kid.

- Just leave me alone, why

doesn't he leave me alone?

- Baby, it's okay,

you're gonna be okay.

We are going to get you help.

- Mommy, it hurts!

Ow! it hurts!

Help me mommy, it hurts!

- Oh my god, Mina,

what happened?

Let me see.

Let me just see what happened.

- It hurts!

You stay right here,

I'll be right back.

You too?

I know, I know.

- Exactly what I'm

talking about, seriously.

We're complete idiots if we

don't believe that he's the one

that's actually

doing this to us.

- Oh my god, Alex,

don't start this again.

You're all distressed,

people crunch their teeth

when they're stressed.

- Yeah, all of us in one night?

- Shhh! I know, I

know it's f***ed up.

But it has nothing

to do with ghosts.

- Baby, think this

fever is back again.

I'm just gonna go to bed, okay?

- Okay, baby.

- Goodnight.

- Goodnight, baby.

- Mommy, daddy, mommy!

- Mommy, mommy,

daddy, mommy, daddy!

Mommy, mommy, daddy!

Mommy, daddy!

Mommy, mommy, daddy!

Mommy!

Mommy, mommy daddy!

Mommy!

Mommy, mommy, daddy!

Help my daddy!

Mommy, mommy!

Mommy, mommy!

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