Reseñas de la crítica

Perhaps one of the most controversial films ever made, it takes the historical story of a French priest put to death for supposedly being a witch and forms from it a searing, perversely explicit critique of organized religion and fanaticism. But leaving aside the crazed visuals, performances, and sets, there is the incredible anchoring performance of Oliver Reed, a voice of reason in the madness and an exemplar of individual faith every bit the equal of Falconetti in The Passion of Joan of Arc.

The film maintains an unrelenting air of hysteria that makes the bold, psychosexual imagery seem that much more provocative... Past and present bleed into each other to hallucinogenic effect, while Russell's sincere interest in religious and political history vies with his strong desire to gross people out.