Don't Deliver Us from Evil
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| + | "Anne and Lore are two barely pubescent teens who attend a Catholic Boarding school. While seeming sweet, well behaved, and innocent from all appearances, the two have actually devoted themselves to [[Satan]]. While they are at school, the two intentionally '[[sin]]' as often as possible without getting caught. They steal clothing and religious reliquaries in order to use in future Satanic rituals, the confess sins which they haven't committed, they spy on the nuns, and they read transgressive literature [''[[Les Chants de Maldoror]]''] under their covers once everybody else is asleep. Their life at the boarding school is a constant joke to them, and they giggle at everybody else's misfortunes and the fact they are getting away with so much sin. Once summer break comes, their activities begin to get a little more serious." [http://esotika.blogspot.com/2007/02/dont-deliver-us-from-evil-joel-seria.html] | ||
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| + | "Aujourd’hui, vendredi 29 juin, bonne journée. J’ai fait punir Céline Crespin à ma place alors que c’était moi qui avais chahuté. Dimanche elle sera privée de sortie. À notre professeur, l’abbé Dupré, j’ai confessé deux pêchés d’impureté que je n’avais pas commis. Cela devient de plus en plus excitant. Lore et moi éprouvons maintenant un plaisir de plus en plus intense à faire le mal. Pêcher est devenu notre principal objectif. Comme d’autres, des crétins, passent leur vie sous le signe de la vertu, Lore et moi le passons sous le signe de Satan, notre seigneur et maître."--incipit ''[[Don't Deliver Us from Evil]]'' (1971) by Joël Séria | ||
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| - | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/{{PAGENAMEE}}] [May 2007] | + | '''''Don't Deliver Us from Evil''''' (original title: ''Mais ne nous délivrez pas du mal'') is a 1971 [[Cinema of France|French film]] directed by [[Joël Séria]]. It is loosely based on the [[Parker–Hulme murder case]] of 1954. |
| - | == The Parker-Hulme Murder == | + | In some countries, the film was [[banned films|banned]] upon its release. It is featured in ''[[Film as a Subversive Art]]''. |
| - | [[Parker-Hulme Murder]] | + | |
| - | The '''Parker-Hulme Murder''' was a murder and court case that occurred in [[Christchurch, New Zealand]] in [[1954]]. | + | ==Plot== |
| + | Two young convent girls named Anne and Lore become friends and decide to spend the summer together. At the convent school they take a vow to do [[evil]]. Over summer vacation, left to their own devices, they become more and more [[demented]]. | ||
| - | On [[June 22]], [[1954]], the body of Honora Rieper (née Parker)<ref>Before the trial began, it was discovered that Honora Rieper had never married Herbert Rieper, the man known as her husband. During the trial she was referred to by her maiden name, Parker.</ref> was found in [[Victoria Park, Christchurch|Victoria Park]] in Christchurch. She had been killed by multiple blows to the head with a brick. On [[June 23]], two teenage girls were arrested, [[Pauline Parker]] (Parker's daughter, also known as Pauline Rieper) and [[Juliet Hulme]]. Pauline was a girl from a working class background; Juliet Hulme was the daughter of a distinguished physicist who was the [[rector]] of [[University of Canterbury]] in Christchurch. | + | Anne de Boissy and Lore Fournier are two adolescent [[Anjou|Angevin]] girls who stay at a Catholic boarding school. Both have affluent and conservative families living in the countryside and on becoming friends and later lovers, the two decide to join forces in their malicious rebellion. When Anne's parents take a long trip and leave Anne behind during summer vacation, Lore starts to stay with Anne at her [[château]]. They play some malicious games on two men: releasing the cows of the cowsherd Émile as well as setting fire to his home, and killing the pet birds of the mentally challenged gardener Léon. They store [[sacramental bread]] from church and prepare the abandoned chapel at the château for a mock marriage ceremony in which they dedicate themselves to [[Satan]]. One night, they meet a motorist who ran out of gasoline and invite him to the château. The girls seduce the man and when he attempts to rape Lore, he is killed by Anne. When a detective is sent and he finds clues linking them to the murder, the pair is convinced that the man's body will be discovered and [[self-immolation | immolate]] themselves at a recital while reading poems by [[Baudelaire]]. |
| - | As a young child, Pauline suffered from [[osteomyelitis]]. Juliet, respectively, suffered from [[tuberculosis]] and was sent to the Bahamas as a child to recuperate. The girls initially bonded over their ailments. As their friendship progressed, they formed an elaborate fantasy life together. They would often sneak out and spend the night acting out stories involving the fictional characters they had created. Their parents found this disturbing and worried their relationship was sexual. [[Homosexuality]] at the time was seen as a serious illness. Both sets of parents attempted to compel the girls to remain separate. In 1954, Juliet's parents separated and her father resigned from his position as rector of [[Canterbury College]] and was moving to [[England]]. It was then decided that Juliet would be sent to [[South Africa]], for the good of her health, with an added incentive being that the girls would be separated. Pauline expressed to her mother that she wished to accompany Juliet, and Pauline's mother made it clear to her that it was inappropriate. The girls then formed a plan to murder Pauline Parker's mother and leave the country for America, where they dreamed they would publish their writing and work in film. | ||
| - | The trial was a sensational affair, with speculation about their possible [[lesbianism]] and [[insanity]]. The girls were convicted on [[August 30]], 1954, and each of them spent five years in prison. They were released with the condition that they never contact one another again. | + | ==Cast== |
| - | + | * [[Jeanne Goupil]] as Anne | |
| - | After her release from prison, Juliet Hulme traveled to the [[United States]] and went on to have a successful career as a historical detective novelist under her new name [[Anne Perry]].[http://www.anneperry.net/3.html] She now lives in [[Scotland]]. The story of the murders was loosely adapted into the French film ''Mais ne nous délivrez pas du mal'' (''Don't Deliver Us from Evil'') and more faithfully into [[Peter Jackson]]'s [[Academy Awards|Oscar]]-nominated film, ''[[Heavenly Creatures]]''. Perry's identity was only uncovered due to publicity surrounding the latter film. The case was also | + | * [[Catherine Wagener]] as Lore |
| - | fictionalised in 1958 as "The Evil Friendship" by Vin Packer (aka M.E. Kerr). The two women have not since met. | + | * [[Bernard Dhéran]] as motorist |
| - | + | * [[Gérard Darrieu]] as Émile | |
| - | The murder was touched upon as strong evidence of moral decline less than four months later by the Special Committee on Moral Delinquency in Children and Adolescents in what became known as the ''[[Mazengarb Report]]'', named after its chair, [[Oswald Chettle Mazengarb|Oswald Mazengarb]]. | + | * [[Marc Dudicourt]] as almoner |
| - | + | * [[Michel Robin]] as Léon | |
| - | In March 2006, Perry said that while her relationship with Pauline Parker was obsessive, they were not lesbians. [http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/story.cfm?c_id=1&ObjectID=10371147 (NZ Herald)] | + | * [[Véronique Silver]] as the Countess |
| - | + | * Jean-Pierre Helbert as the Count | |
| - | + | * Nicole Mérouze as Mrs. Fournier | |
| - | + | * Henri Poirier as Mr Fournier | |
| - | http://jahsonic.wordpress.com/2007/02/02/perhaps-in-5-years-from-now/ | + | * Serge Frédéric as priest |
| + | * René Berthier as Gustave | ||
| + | * Frédéric Nort | ||
| + | * Jean-Daniel Ehrmann | ||
| + | ==See also== | ||
| + | *[[Folie a deux]] | ||
| + | *[[Antony Balch]] | ||
| + | *[[List of Mondo Macabro releases]] | ||
| + | *[[List of films from Film as a Subversive Art]] | ||
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| + | [[Category:Film as a Subversive Art]] | ||
| + | [[Category:World Cinema Classics]] | ||
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"Anne and Lore are two barely pubescent teens who attend a Catholic Boarding school. While seeming sweet, well behaved, and innocent from all appearances, the two have actually devoted themselves to Satan. While they are at school, the two intentionally 'sin' as often as possible without getting caught. They steal clothing and religious reliquaries in order to use in future Satanic rituals, the confess sins which they haven't committed, they spy on the nuns, and they read transgressive literature [Les Chants de Maldoror] under their covers once everybody else is asleep. Their life at the boarding school is a constant joke to them, and they giggle at everybody else's misfortunes and the fact they are getting away with so much sin. Once summer break comes, their activities begin to get a little more serious." [1] "Aujourd’hui, vendredi 29 juin, bonne journée. J’ai fait punir Céline Crespin à ma place alors que c’était moi qui avais chahuté. Dimanche elle sera privée de sortie. À notre professeur, l’abbé Dupré, j’ai confessé deux pêchés d’impureté que je n’avais pas commis. Cela devient de plus en plus excitant. Lore et moi éprouvons maintenant un plaisir de plus en plus intense à faire le mal. Pêcher est devenu notre principal objectif. Comme d’autres, des crétins, passent leur vie sous le signe de la vertu, Lore et moi le passons sous le signe de Satan, notre seigneur et maître."--incipit Don't Deliver Us from Evil (1971) by Joël Séria |
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Don't Deliver Us from Evil (original title: Mais ne nous délivrez pas du mal) is a 1971 French film directed by Joël Séria. It is loosely based on the Parker–Hulme murder case of 1954.
In some countries, the film was banned upon its release. It is featured in Film as a Subversive Art.
Plot
Two young convent girls named Anne and Lore become friends and decide to spend the summer together. At the convent school they take a vow to do evil. Over summer vacation, left to their own devices, they become more and more demented.
Anne de Boissy and Lore Fournier are two adolescent Angevin girls who stay at a Catholic boarding school. Both have affluent and conservative families living in the countryside and on becoming friends and later lovers, the two decide to join forces in their malicious rebellion. When Anne's parents take a long trip and leave Anne behind during summer vacation, Lore starts to stay with Anne at her château. They play some malicious games on two men: releasing the cows of the cowsherd Émile as well as setting fire to his home, and killing the pet birds of the mentally challenged gardener Léon. They store sacramental bread from church and prepare the abandoned chapel at the château for a mock marriage ceremony in which they dedicate themselves to Satan. One night, they meet a motorist who ran out of gasoline and invite him to the château. The girls seduce the man and when he attempts to rape Lore, he is killed by Anne. When a detective is sent and he finds clues linking them to the murder, the pair is convinced that the man's body will be discovered and immolate themselves at a recital while reading poems by Baudelaire.
Cast
- Jeanne Goupil as Anne
- Catherine Wagener as Lore
- Bernard Dhéran as motorist
- Gérard Darrieu as Émile
- Marc Dudicourt as almoner
- Michel Robin as Léon
- Véronique Silver as the Countess
- Jean-Pierre Helbert as the Count
- Nicole Mérouze as Mrs. Fournier
- Henri Poirier as Mr Fournier
- Serge Frédéric as priest
- René Berthier as Gustave
- Frédéric Nort
- Jean-Daniel Ehrmann
See also
- Folie a deux
- Antony Balch
- List of Mondo Macabro releases
- List of films from Film as a Subversive Art
