The Devil, Probably

★★★★★

Original title: Le diable probablement · Turkish title: Herhalde Şeytan

1977 · 1 h 35 min

Directed by Robert Bresson

Drama

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Cast

Antoine Monnier Tina Irissari Henri de Maublanc

Credits

Written by: Robert Bresson

Plot

A young man contemplates suicide in a doomed world.

Sinekatalog’s take

Robert Bresson's late film follows a young man contemplating suicide as ecological and political ruin spreads. Cold and austere, with an anguished modern mood, it is a bleak, challenging and unnervingly prescient work.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.

Ratings

IMDb: 7.0 / 10 (5,641 votes)
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