Pelikanblut

Scary films are rarely seen in contemporary German-speaking cinema. A film like PELIKANBLUT by Katrin GEBBE is a welcome change.

Wiebke (the two-time EUROPEAN FILM AWARD nominee Nina HOSS (2012 for BARBARA, 2020 for SCHWESTERLEIN)) lives with her adopted daughter Nicolina (Adelia GIOVANNI OCLEPPO) on her own riding stable. There she occasionally works with a mounted police unit, which also includes the likeable Benedict (Murathan MUSLU). When Wiebke adopts a second girl, little Raya (excellent: Katerina LIPOVSKA), the problems begin. Little Raya is increasingly becoming a threat to those around her...

Very mysterious and yet true to everyday life and realistic! This horror gem, which was created in a German-Bulgarian co-production, has it all. As usual, Nina HOSS plays outstandingly, the child actors are very convincing. And even the horses in the riding stable provide a contrast that heightens the horror. The director Katrin GEBBE, who has since directed several episodes of the NETFLIX series THE EMPRESS, was able to present her film at the Venice Film Festival in 2019 as the opening film of the side series ORIZZONTI.