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- ARP Sélection
- 3 h 54 m
- Not Rated
- ARP Sélection
- 3 h 54 m
Summary In the late 1970s, a military-controlled militia is oppressing a remote village in the Philippine jungle. The uniformed men armed with machine guns are responsible for spreading a terror that is both physical and psychological in nature. They create an atmosphere in which neighbours become enemies and seek to eradicate the villagers’ fai...
- Not Rated
- ARP Sélection
- 3 h 54 m
- Not Rated
- ARP Sélection
- 3 h 54 m
Season of the Devil
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Summary In the late 1970s, a military-controlled militia is oppressing a remote village in the Philippine jungle. The uniformed men armed with machine guns are responsible for spreading a terror that is both physical and psychological in nature. They create an atmosphere in which neighbours become enemies and seek to eradicate the villagers’ fai...
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Generally Favorable
Based on 5 Critic Reviews
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 5 Critic Reviews
73
80% Positive
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
20% Mixed
1 Review
1 Review
0% Negative
0 Reviews
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Diaz’ call-to-arms to artists speaks to the present just as it depicts a terrible period in the Philippines’ past. Season of the Devil is still a grueling, advanced-level watch, but one that delivers beauty and horror in equal measure.
It's visually that Season of the Devil ranks among Diaz’s best work.
There are some raw, stirring interludes here...but the film’s sheer mass of similar material rather reduces their impact.
Dedicated, an end caption tells us, to the victims of martial law, Season of the Devil may be one of Diaz’s more downbeat, even languid works, but it’s no less angry and intense a cri de coeur, albeit one that’s often challenging to connect with.
Season of the Devil is the work of a real auteur: every millisecond of his film has been rigorously created. There are moments of dreamlike intensity and the despair of the period is genuinely conveyed. Only the strongest devotee of Diaz could however deny the presence of longueurs in this film.
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Production Company
Epicmedia Productions,
Sine Olivia Pilipinas
Duration 3 h 54 m
Rating Not Rated
Awards
FAMAS Awards
• 2 Wins & 10 Nominations
Gawad Urian Awards
• 7 Nominations
Bildrausch Filmfest Basel
• 2 Wins & 2 Nominations
