Serviam: I Will Serve

2022 Austrian film
  • Maria-Victoria Dragus
  • Leona Lindinger
  • Anna Elisabeth Berger
  • Sophia Gomez-Schreiber
  • Petra Morzé [de]
CinematographyChristine A. MaierEdited byNiki MossböckMusic byManfred Plessl
Production
companies
EPO Film
Ruth Mader Filmproduktion
Release date
  • 9 August 2022 (2022-08-09) (Locarno Film Festival)
Running time
105 minutesCountryAustriaLanguagesGerman
Spanish

Serviam: I Will Serve (German: Serviam – Ich will dienen) is a 2022 Austrian thriller film directed by Ruth Mader, starring Maria-Victoria Dragus, Leona Lindinger, Anna Elisabeth Berger, Sophia Gomez-Schreiber and Petra Morzé [de].

Cast

  • Maria-Victoria Dragus as Sister Philine
  • Leona Lindinger as Sabine
  • Anna Elisabeth Berger as Sandra
  • Sophia Gomez-Schreiber as Martha
  • Petra Morzé [de] as Sister Agnes
  • Udo Samel

Release

The film premiered at the Locarno Film Festival on 9 August 2022.[1]

Reception

Guy Lodge of Variety wrote that "this supremely well-made chiller announces itself upfront as a cut above your average nunsploitation exercise with its stark, stringent mise-en-scène and jabs of religious inquiry via surreal, Bible-based animated interludes."[2] Muriel Del Don of Cineuropa wrote that the film "works intelligently to combine spiritual challenges, a thriller, and the world of childhood, ultimately transforming innocence into extremism."[3]

Neil Young of Screen Daily wrote that "As a determinedly downbeat exercise in moody atmospherics, Serviam — I Will Serve passes muster."[1]

References

  1. ^ a b Young, Neil (17 August 2022). "'Serviam - I Will Serve': Sarajevo Review". Screen Daily. Retrieved 28 August 2022.
  2. ^ Lodge, Guy (19 August 2022). "'Serviam – I Will Serve' Review: The Nuns Are At It Again in a Chic, Creepy But Stifled Austrian Art-Horror". Variety. Retrieved 28 August 2022.
  3. ^ Del Don, Muriel (11 August 2022). "Review: Serviam - I Will Serve". Cineuropa. Retrieved 28 August 2022.
  • Serviam: I Will Serve at IMDb
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