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Synopsis: It is the 70's, and in the German countryside the epileptic Michaela Klingler joins the pedagogy course at the University against the will of her pious mother, Marianne. However her father Karl Klingler rents her a room in the sorority house and Michaela travels to Tübingen. As the semester progresses, Michaela befriends her former high school friend, Hanna Imhof, who forces her to seek medical help. When Michaela has a crisis, she stops taking her medication and believes she is possessed by demons, and her health gets worse. She decides to seek out a priest, Martin Borchert, who believes in exorcism whereas the progressive parochial priest Gerhard Landauer tries to convince her to go to a psychologist.
Genre: Drama
Production: IFC First Take
  16 wins & 15 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.0
Metacritic:
82
Rotten Tomatoes:
86%
Year:
2006
93 min
Website
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are you all crazy?

let's go!

- Have you ever thought what I want?

- be rational!

how long we left?

(anthem) a rose.

growing from the earth.

just like us singing.

Christ was born...

with a little flower.

Michaela!

let me...

no...

let me go!

merciful goddess....

Michaela!

- papa!

- Michaela!

my God!

child!

- get the pills!

- I can not pray anymore.

I can not pray anymore.

- hello.

- Michaela!

- really sorry. bother you

just one day after Christmas.

- come on in.

it's so quiet here.

just like the chapel last night

- but I pray for you.

- seemed useless.

what I did is not important.

I did wrong.

I try my best ... to pray.

I try my best to be a good student.

but they always exceeded me.

I almost broke my mother's necklace.

little by little I understand the pain that

Holy Katharina metioned is like

in the hell...

Holy Katharina, yeah, she must

experienced many tests.

but as far as died, she connected to the God

closely.

because of the pain she endured

maks her to be the one God selected.

may be god forgot me,

I mean nothing to him.

he burden the cross for us.

he burden the pain and sacrifice for each.

you are no exception.

but now, the devil is powerful.

I try hard, to conquer it.

but why me?

I did nothing.

I go to the university.

wanna my life in perfect order.

- but God send the devil to me!

- that's because you are special.

you are sensitive to this crazy world.

let's pray.

last time you did well.

no, I don't wanna pray!

praying is no use.

when I wanna pray, you came.

I've experienced this.

why God can't bring me luck?

Am I punished?

God doesn't punish

he is trying out those of his favorites

Michaela.

you knew it.

I can only think it as a God's test

otherwise we will be desperate.

you can only sit in this unenlightened

devious place, spread yourself.

then complain

that God is so far away from us.

this world is falling

if your praying is useful.

why you just sit and complain?

why you do nothing about this?!

bye.

you at least let me know

who is this?

why you bring us here

the first day of new year?

- stop, papa.

- what else you ask for us?

- can we let you go back to school?

- I forgot to take the pill.

I won't do this.

I have no power.

do you know,

how hard to fully support you?

you mama sank me into the hell.

she is angry everytime.

she knew what God did to you.

drive.

please.

- bye, my darling.

- bye - you take care of yourself - ok

- bye

- bye

oh,my God.

Hanna?

Hanna

- my father was drunk again.

- can I look?

- I wanna beer now.

- ah, nonsense.

furthermore, it's Christmas

stores are all closed.

Hallelujah

I'm so happy, it's all passed away.

take the train tomorrow morning.

8 hours late, I will be in Hamburg.

I should have forgotten these stuff.

can you put off to go?

you also said, I should grasp my fate.

I can't tell myself

what's hell the life means.

I hear some voice, Hanna.

What?

you can't imagine.

I can't control anymore.

I have a feeling.

everything got in my hands will disappear.

take away my last energy.

- Michaela, what are you talking about?

- you can't go now.

I don't know what'll happen next.

I'm so scared.

you shouldn't drink so much.

Michaela, maybe you should

visit your psychologist.

Michaela, wait!

God, you can't leave me along

with those crap.

I need go to Hamburg!

I believ what you said, but you must

believe me...

don't say that. go to Hamburg

with your theory as a psychologist.

how you are coming! so suprised!

I miss you.

- you drunk.

- don't bother.

come on.

come on.

I have to go.

let's stay for a while,

we could drive out.

when new semester starts,

we both have no time.

I have to write my thesis,

it's a very important test.

- it's Christmas now,

so how about new year's eve?

- I don't know.

bye.

at least let me finish my damn thesis!

please.

- hello?

- Stefan?

you got color tape of typewriter?

- yes

- where?

there?

I speak, you type, ok?

- if you can't go on your thesis

maybe abandon next semester.

- no.

- it's normal in university.

- have nothing to do with this.

come on, I'm ready, ok?

we'd better start from beginning.

"improve the education of orphanage

with direct vivid ways.

End home careness, comma.

marriage, motherhood comma,

help comma.

must need..."

show me.

was I wrong?

nothing wrong, you did all great

who can get the high score?

if I knew early, I chose education too.

Stefan!

finished?

we need celebrating it.

I take you out.

we have sit here for two whole days.

I'm so tired.

- you got sleep a little.

- yes I did.

- you look not like this.

- I go showering.

come right now.

Michaela!

Stefan!

you can't just leave!

the live like those two days before

I can't bear it any more.

but the thesis is finished. it's a symbol.

- that I could finish my school.

- it's just beginning.

you know what? if you were just as what you're

what you should do in high grade?

maybe the burden is to much

just like what you'd said.

tell me, what's happening?

I can't.

I go back.

- Michaela

- ah...

- Michaela, we have talked.

- yes.

we have different opinion and attitude.

maybe we should chat in your room

it's better.

why? we could talk here.

I don't know, something happened.

looks so formal.

I think we should pray together.

the most important

we saw you better day after day.

- yes, I return good.

- even you don't want, we should pray too.

what, are you the Father?

"we don't need pray"!

why your attitude is changing?

it's Tubingen

- it's not yourparish.

- all right, stop!

- here, I'm making my thesis, should hang on.

- watch out your behavior.

I passed the test.

I look for shelter for you.

don't make me disappointed.

help me with your power.

-listen to me...

- be calm down, quiet!

you should let me finish the thesis

you all leave here.

she won't pray.

Karl, what did he say?

- sorry I don't wanna scare her.

- give her some peace!

don't use your theory drive her crazy!

we should've done something to help her.

this girl needs our help.

- not the psychologist to help

- you control yourself, don't be possessed.

you know what's this called?

exorcise?

how many proofs you need?

- bishop got my resolution.

- what?

Michaela, Father Borchert said...

ok, ok, it's all over here.

the tricks of kindergarten will end up!

- Michaela.

- yes?

- Michaela, say it.

- say what?

say your condition is changing good.

say you learnt alot, say you got lots works to do.

say you took the pills

say those people are talking sh*t.

say you just tired.

say you need sleep.

- right, things like what you said.

- see...it is so.

- yes, papa, you are right. papa

- well, my child.

ok, we don't stay here anymore.

Michaela, I don't want use the praying

make you angry

we will help you.

I promise.

Hello, Hanna.

oh, you already here. - hey, hi!

- how are you?

- super.

- Hello.

- Hello.

Hanna.

Hello.

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Bernd Lange

Bernd Lange (born 14 November 1955) is a German politician and Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from Germany. He is a member of the Social Democratic Party, part of the Party of European Socialists. He was a member of the European Parliament from 1994 to 2004. Since July 2009 he is again member of the European Parliament within the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament. Since 2014, Bernd Lange is chairman of the INTA committee (International Trade) and rapporteur for TTIP (Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership) more…

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