Cast into a spell.

Rating: 10/10 (30 January 2001)

My word, I have never felt so exhaustively assaulted after seeing a
film. I walked home in the dizzying trance Requiem left me in. For
weeks afterward, I was thinking about this film almost every
moment my mind was free, wondering how it had completely put
me under its spell. It is a testament to film-making when
something so powerful can be released and grip an audience (or
at least this audience member) so hard-handedly. I found it
interesting that it was actually the sense of sound that was
assaulted the most, keeping me on edge throughout. Without
much to speak of in 2000, Requiem restores the faith in this art.