It’s Semana Santa (aka Holy Week) in an otherwise peaceful European town, but not everyone is being pious. A serial killer is on the loose and terrorizing the residents at a time when religion is front and center in everyone’s minds. But it’s hard to keep the faith when lives are in danger, especially for Maria Delgado (Mira Sorvino), the Spanish detective assigned to the case. Will she be able to stop the bloodshed before week’s end?
Pepe Danquart was born in 1955 and studied Communications from 1975-1981. He received an Academy Award in 1994 for his widely acclaimed short Black Rider (Schwarzfahrer, 1993). Together with Mirjam Quinte, he co-directed Passt bloss auf … (1980) and Off Season (Nach Saison, 1996). His other films include: Daedalus (1991), a segment of Das 7. Jahr – Ansichten zur Lage der Nation (1997), Playboys (1998), Heimspiel (2000) which won him the German Film Award in Gold for Best Director in 2000, Moerderinnen (2001), Semana Santa (2002), Hell on Wheels (Hoellentour, 2004, in co-direction with Werner Swiss Schweizer), C®OOK (Basta. Rotwein oder tot sein, 2004), and To the Limit (Am Limit, 2007), among others. —german-films.de