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Tanjuska and the Seven Devils: Directed by Pirjo Honkasalo. A Belarusian girl Tanjuska has shut herself off from her parents and the world. When science and local mystics fail, the girl's father puts his hope in an Estonian priest.
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- Documentary
- Pirjo Honkasalo
- 1993-03-12
A documentary about Tanjuska who is a 12-year-old White-Russian schoolgirl, with a face like an icon. Two years ago she stopped eating, then talking and finally she stopped growing. The village priest in Estonia has explained to the family that seven devils have made a home inside Tanjuska. These devils are giving her orders and only a daily ceremony can force the devils to leave the girl.
- Pirjo Honkasalo
- Baabeli Ky, Svenska Filminstitutet
Tanjuska and the 7 Devils (Finnish: Tanjuska ja 7 perkelettä) is a 1993 documentary film by Finnish director Pirjo Honkasalo about a ten-year-old Belarusian girl who is believed to have been possessed by the devil. It is the second part of Honkasalo's "Trilogy of the Sacred and the Satanic", preceded by Mysterion (1991) and followed by Atman (1997). The film won several international awards ...
A documentary about Tanjuska who is a 12-year-old White-Russian schoolgirl, with a face like an icon. Two years ago she stopped eating, then talking and finally she stopped growing. The village priest in Estonia has explained to the family that seven devils have made a home inside Tanjuska. These devils are giving her orders and only a daily ceremony can force the devils to leave the girl.
Tanjuska and the 7 Devils . Release: 1993-03-12. A documentary about Tanjuska who is a 12-year-old White-Russian schoolgirl, with a face like an icon. Two years ago she stopped eating, then talking and finally she stopped growing. The village priest in Estonia has explained to the family that seven devils have made a home inside Tanjuska.
Mar 12, 1993 · A documentary about Tanjuska who is a 12-year-old White-Russian schoolgirl, with a face like an icon. Two years ago she stopped eating, then talking and finally she stopped growing. The village priest in Estonia has explained to the family that seven devils have made a home inside Tanjuska. These devils are giving her orders and only a daily ceremony can force the devils to leave the girl.
When a 10-year-old girl stops speaking, her family desperately turns to an intimidating priest who claims she has seven demons inside her.Screens for free as a part of the Neither/Nor Film Series. Neither/Nor is presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences.
