Demon
New Directors/New Films 2016
March 16 - 27, 2016
On the eve of his wedding, a groom falls into a pile of human remains, enabling a lonely dybbuk to crash his Polish wedding. Part absurdist comedy, part love story, the late Marcin Wrona’s eerie, richly atmospheric final film scares, amuses, and charms in equal measure.
Newly arrived from England to marry his fiancée Zaneta, Peter has been given a gift of her family’s ramshackle country house in rural Poland. It’s a total fixer-upper, and while inspecting the premises on the eve of the wedding, he falls into a pile of human remains. The ceremony proceeds, but strange things begin to happen… During the wild reception, Peter begins to come undone, and a dybbuk, that iconic ancient figure from Jewish folklore, takes a toehold in this present-day celebration—for a very particular reason, as it turns out. The final work by Marcin Wrona, who died just as Demon was set to premiere in Poland, is an eerie, richly atmospheric film—part absurdist comedy, part love story—that scares, amuses, and charms in equal measure. An Orchard release.
Support provided by the Polish Cultural Institute New York.
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