Asudem
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Asudem is an American horror film
written and directed by Daryush Shokof
. Asudem is the reverse writing of medusa
indicates a surreal story of a woman Yangzom Brauen
in the woods, where she meets Satan experiencing a heavenly vision after consuming hallucinogenic mushrooms. The film is shot in black and white and entirely in Berlin
, Germany in 2007.
The woman confronts strange happenings throughout the film as the intensity of the incidents increase in danger until she finally meets Satan himself who wants to finish her off. She decides to poison Satan by feeding him wild mushrooms in the woods and in the hope that he would have heavenly visions to suffocate him to death.
Horror film
Horror films seek to elicit a negative emotional reaction from viewers by playing on the audience's most primal fears. They often feature scenes that startle the viewer through the means of macabre and the supernatural, thus frequently overlapping with the fantasy and science fiction genres...
written and directed by Daryush Shokof
Daryush Shokof
Daryush Shokof is an Iranian artist, film director, philosopher, writer, art director, and film producer, and singer...
. Asudem is the reverse writing of medusa
Medusa
In Greek mythology Medusa , " guardian, protectress") was a Gorgon, a chthonic monster, and a daughter of Phorcys and Ceto. The author Hyginus, interposes a generation and gives Medusa another chthonic pair as parents. Gazing directly upon her would turn onlookers to stone...
indicates a surreal story of a woman Yangzom Brauen
Yangzom Brauen
Yangzom Brauen is a Swiss actress, activist and writer.Brauen, the daughter of Swiss ethnologist Martin Brauen and Tibetan artist Sonam Dolma, started her acting career with small roles in Swiss television series. She had her Hollywood debut in the film Aeon Flux in the role of Inari...
in the woods, where she meets Satan experiencing a heavenly vision after consuming hallucinogenic mushrooms. The film is shot in black and white and entirely in Berlin
Berlin
Berlin is the capital city of Germany and is one of the 16 states of Germany. With a population of 3.45 million people, Berlin is Germany's largest city. It is the second most populous city proper and the seventh most populous urban area in the European Union...
, Germany in 2007.
Plot
The film begins with a woman and her dog living in a destroyed train-station during a war we never see. The location, setting, and compositions of the film are similar with most other films by Daryush Shokof in which the location, situation or both is confined to one place with universal elements as if it could be any place on earth.The woman confronts strange happenings throughout the film as the intensity of the incidents increase in danger until she finally meets Satan himself who wants to finish her off. She decides to poison Satan by feeding him wild mushrooms in the woods and in the hope that he would have heavenly visions to suffocate him to death.
Cast
- Yangzom BrauenYangzom BrauenYangzom Brauen is a Swiss actress, activist and writer.Brauen, the daughter of Swiss ethnologist Martin Brauen and Tibetan artist Sonam Dolma, started her acting career with small roles in Swiss television series. She had her Hollywood debut in the film Aeon Flux in the role of Inari...
- Joachim Paul Assboeck
- Guido Foehrweisser
- Narges Rashidi
- Manuel Cortez
- Benjamin Morik
- Ernest Hausmann
- Annabelle Mandeng
- Araba WaltonAraba WaltonNinckname " The Coffee Bean": is an Afro-German actress and singer.She completed a three-year course at the School of Acting, The Arts Educational Schools in London after studying theater studies in Munich, Germany.Walton played in several West End and Off West End productions before moving end...