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Sheitan

Sheitan

Movie · 2006 · 15 people

Kim Chapiron made his feature debut with Sheitan, a French horror comedy from 2006 whose title is Arabic for "devil". He wrote the script together with his father, Christian Chapiron. The producer is StudioCanal, and the film also counts as a Christmas film. It brings together black comedy, sexuality and horror, with a grotesque streak that now and then shows surrealist touches. It premiered on 27 January 2006 at the Gérardmer Film Festival, reached French cinemas on 1 February and opened in Turkey on 30 June 2006. The running time is about 94 minutes.

On Christmas Eve in a Paris nightclub, three young men, Bart, Ladj and Thai, meet two girls named Eve and Yasmin. Taken by the girls' beauty, they accept Eve's invitation to her house outside the city. At the remote house they are met by the caretaker Joseph and Marie. The young men do not know what kind of trap they have walked into; black magic and satanic games are afoot. Joseph is played by Vincent Cassel, who also co-produced the film. Olivier Barthélémy plays Bart and Roxane Mesquida plays Eve. Cassel's then-wife Monica Bellucci makes a brief appearance. The cast also includes Leïla Bekhti, Nicolas Le Phat Tan, Gérald Thomassin and Mokobé.

DirectorKim Chapiron
Production companyStudioCanal

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Monica Bellucci Monica Bellucci Actor · 62 years old Mokobé Rapper · 50 years old Vincent Cassel Roxane Mesquida Leïla Bekhti Olivier Barthélémy Nicolas Le Phat Tan Chris Marker DJ Pone François Levantal Gérald Thomassin Julie-Marie Parmentier Mouloud Achour Oxmo Puccino Romain Gavras

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Cinephile Looks at script, editing and directing choices; keeps a distance from formula films.

Kim Chapiron's first feature is a grotesque, at times surreal experiment that throws black comedy, sex and horror into the same pot. The script he co-wrote with his father takes the old formula of young people trapped in a remote house and plays with its tone; the film stays deliberately undecided between making you laugh and making you uneasy. Placing the caretaker Joseph at the centre of the story is what holds the mix together. The weakness is the mix itself: because the tone keeps shifting, tension never builds, and the humour does not always land. A bold but uneven debut that pushes at genre limits; cult-film fans may find it intriguing, while anyone expecting a tidy horror film may find it wearing.

Family Viewer Asks whether the whole household can watch it; cares about humour and heart.

Don't let the Christmas-film label fool you: this is not something to put on for the family on Christmas Eve. It mixes horror with sex and black comedy and leans into a grotesque world. It is not suitable for children or teenagers, and watching it with the grandparents would not be comfortable either. Adults who enjoy rough horror comedies should keep it for themselves.

Action & Thriller Fan Puts pace, tension and set pieces first; little patience for slow drama.

The setup is familiar and it works: three guys, two mysterious girls, a house far from the city and a strange caretaker. Once black magic and devilish games come into play, the ground is set for tension. But because the film keeps veering into jokes, the tension snaps; anyone wanting pure horror or a tight thriller may get tired of the indecision. For those who can enjoy the weirdness, it is something different.

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