It’s rare for a film to so boldly depict shamanic experience as Nocebo does here, where ritual and sacrifice open up relations with enigmatic and powerful forces in unseen realms.
Nocebo
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Ireland, United Kingdom, Philippines · 2022
1h 36m
Director Lorcan Finnegan
Starring Eva Green, Mark Strong, Chai Fonacier, Billie Gadsdon
Genre Horror, Thriller
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A fashion designer hires a nanny from the Philippines to help while she is suffering from what appears to be a tick-related illness. The nanny uses traditional Filipino folk healing techniques to help her, but in the process of doing so, she uncovers a horrifying truth about why her employer is actually sick.
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The New York Times by Jason Zinoman
This movie has plenty going for it: excellent actors (Fonacier has a knack for coiled tension), stylish camerawork by the director Lorcan Finnegan and a point to make about economic exploitation. What’s missing is any sense of surprise.
The A.V. Club by Luke Y. Thompson
The “mystery” elements simply aren’t mysterious. Yet without them, the sparse moments of gore and icky bugs aren’t quite enough to pad things out.
Nocebo combines traditional Filipino folklore with modern concerns about cultural exploitation, and while it is prone to moments of melodramatic excess is still another intriguing work from one of Ireland’s most interesting talents.
RogerEbert.com by Simon Abrams
With Nocebo, Finnegan and his collaborators have put their finger on something dark and disturbing. Too bad it’s never as upsetting as it is suggestive.
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