This is a French drama about two girls who go to high school at a private convent, but secretly pledge to worship Satan. They get together at night and on the weekends to do things like kill the neighbor's pets and plan a secret ceremony.
The story is set in what looks like a rustic French countryside, and one of the girls like in an old château. However, the pace of the film seems to match the leisurely setting--it drags constantly, showing us things like people walking across a room for 20 seconds without anything happening.
The girls look really young, which should add to the shock of seeing them do some of the "sinful" things, and it probably did when the movie first came out. Today, however, films like Kids and Thirteen have shown preteens doing messed up things to the point where it doesn't seem to stand out as much. The girls in this movie reminded me more of the girls from Ghost World, actually. The movie gets pretty nasty in a couple places--I think the blonde girl gets assaulted three separate times. Even the ending is a bit blase at this point, having been done in more graphic detail several times over in movies with more capable effects. 5 out of 10.
The story is set in what looks like a rustic French countryside, and one of the girls like in an old château. However, the pace of the film seems to match the leisurely setting--it drags constantly, showing us things like people walking across a room for 20 seconds without anything happening.
The girls look really young, which should add to the shock of seeing them do some of the "sinful" things, and it probably did when the movie first came out. Today, however, films like Kids and Thirteen have shown preteens doing messed up things to the point where it doesn't seem to stand out as much. The girls in this movie reminded me more of the girls from Ghost World, actually. The movie gets pretty nasty in a couple places--I think the blonde girl gets assaulted three separate times. Even the ending is a bit blase at this point, having been done in more graphic detail several times over in movies with more capable effects. 5 out of 10.