Part religious allegory and part church pageant, it presents the heavenly trial of a woman who has died giving childbirth out of wedlock. The jailer wears a mask death's head mask and a nun's habit with a skull and crossbones on the front and God sits on an altar, flanked by angels, while the devil attempts to convict the woman for her sins. Shot with a handheld camera that doesn't always remain steady or keep the scene in frame, it is full of religious imagery and evocative folkloric elements, with flashbacks to the woman's life that provide a realism in sharp contrast to the allegorical pageantry. It shows its amateur origins, the texture, the pageantry, and the allegorical and ritualistic elements also looks forward to the American Underground cinema of Kenneth Anger, Curtis Harrington, and others in the 1950s and 1960s.
Return to Paradise
Drama, Thriller, Romance
6.4
Main Krishna Hoon
Animation, Family
6.6
Halloween II
Horror
5.4
Jaws 3-D
Thriller, Horror
4.5
Midnight Movies: From the Margin to the Mainstream
Documentary
6.3
Main Street
Drama
6.4
Eyes Without a Face
Drama, Horror, Thriller
7.6
Cadillac Man
Comedy, Drama, Crime
5.8
East of Main Street: Asians Aloud
Documentary
6.4
Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India
Adventure, Drama, History
7.3
Maine Pyaar Kyun Kiya?
Comedy, Drama, Romance
5.4
Idle Hands
Comedy, Horror
6.2
The Grudge 2
Horror, Thriller
5.5
Kikujiro
Comedy, Drama
7.5
Main Hoon Na
Drama
6.7
1941
Comedy, War
5.8
Star
Romance, Drama
6.1
Grumpier Old Men
Romance, Comedy
6.5
Return to the Blue Lagoon
Adventure, Drama
6.2
Chasing Amy
Comedy, Drama, Romance
6.8
Zori
Drama, Family
0.0
Mandie and the Forgotten Christmas
Drama, Mystery
4.9
Bridget Jones's Diary
Comedy, Romance, Drama
6.8
Annaluise & Anton
Family, Comedy, Drama
7.1
Shrek
Animation, Comedy, Fantasy, Adventure, Family
7.7
Dazwischen
Drama
0.0
Whale Rider
Drama, Family
7.1
The Story of the Weeping Camel
Documentary, Drama
7.1
The Miracle Worker
Drama, TV Movie
7.0
Frida
Drama, Romance
7.4
Me and You and Everyone We Know
Comedy, Drama
7.0
The Cave of the Yellow Dog
Drama
7.4
Take My Eyes
Romance, Drama
7.2
The Virgin Suicides
Drama
7.1
Grantham & Rose
Comedy, Drama
6.4
Ne me quitte pas
Comedy, Documentary, Drama
5.7
Reply with Photo
Drama, Romance
4.0
Sisters
Drama
0.0
Der Preis der Wahrheit
Drama
0.0
The Cowgirl and the Ballerina
Drama
10.0