The successful and long stretches of really gruesome conjuring “series about a ghost hunter couple in America in the 1980s bends to the home straight. Also: a dropout film about a self-made shepherd and an urgent South Tyrol drama.
This time gets to do with a particularly gruesome demon: ghost hunter Lorraine Warren (Vera Farmiga) in “Conjuring 4: The Last Chapter“Warner Bros.
There are ghost hunters and ghost hunters. Some hunt green mucus monsters in New York libraries, undead despotes from old Europe and actually don’t really believe in what they are doing. But hey, the main thing is that the rent pays.
The other ghost hunters believe in what they fight. And they are dealing with a few really gruesome creatures. Like the US couple Ed and Lorraine Warren, who worked on America’s best known ghost hunters from the 1970s. Her history has been extended in detail on the cinema screen in the horror film series “Conjuring” and in several prequels, sequels and spin-offs in several prequels, sequels and spin-offs.
This week starts in the domestic cinemas “Conjuring 4: the last chapter”, about one of the most stubborn demons with which the Warrens have ever recorded – at least they said. You can read what is to be held by the conclusion of the mega-successful series and why it is not the worst idea to send the cinema Warren in ghost hunter pension right here.
This week also new in the cinema are two dramas worth seeing: “Schäfer” about a Canadian dropout in the French Alps. And “second country”, a co-production with Austrian participation, about the South Tyrol conflict in the 1960s. Both no in between, but both worth seeing. A nice cinema week and good entertainment!
“The dishes have been washed off. What’s going on here?” -Ed (Patrick Wilson) and Lorraine Warren (Vera Farmiga) in Part 4 of the “Conjuring” series
Warner Bros.
“Conjouring 4: The last chapter”
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What it is about In the 1980s in West Pittston, Pennsylvania, the Smurl family will be haunted by a demon: When Jack and Janet move into a new house with their six children, inexplicable phenomena, loud screams, bad smells soon piled up. Ed (Patrick Wilson) and Lorraine Warren (Vera Farmiga) are called to help combat the demonic presence, after all, they are now considered legends in the field and can show enough experience.
The Warrens quickly realize that they are dealing with a particularly malignant presence that they also know from before. The demon not only attacks the smurls, but also pulls her daughter Judy and friend Tony into the whirlpool of horror. The Warrens’ struggle against the demon and for the saving of the Smurl family will also become an existential examination of their own past.
It’s worth it? “Conjuring 4” is said to be the last part of the original film series, which has now grown into an entire film universe. At the director’s chair, Michael Chaves, who had already staged the 3rd part, is once again on board. James Wan is on board.
The script is also based on a real case this time: As a “Smurl Haunting“, the story made headlines in the 1970s and 1980s, especially when the “demonologists” Ed and Lorraine Warren were switched on in 1986. This time they get to do with a demon to which they also have a very personal connection.
The Smurl family of eight is haunted: the story is based on a real case from the 1980s
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“Conjuring 4” brings the franchise to a solid conclusion. The history of the Warrens has long since been counted and the 4th film also offers – not surprisingly – any more. There are creepy suspense sequences, eerie shock moments and supernatural horror, from the withdrawn retro minimalism of part 1, the franchise has now also far away. And Michael Chaves, whose “Conjuring 3” was already average mass -produced goods, is also not a James Wan. Fans of the series will be satisfied with this “last chapter”, but overall it is good that the “conjuring” franchise ends.
“Conjouring 4: The last chapter”, horror. USA 2025, 135 minutes, from September 5th in the cinema
The advertising texter Mathyas (Félix-Antoine Duval) and the official Elise (Solène Rigot) throw everything down and decide to live in nature: “Schäfer”
Polyfilm
“Schäfer”
What it is about The Canadian Werbexter Mathyas (Félix-Antoine Duval) leaves his job and also his homeland Montreal: In French Provence, he wants to be trained as a shepherd, be “close to nature”, pursue a “simple activity” and record his experiences in a literary basis.
But every beginning is difficult: the local working service has no vacancies, and Mathyas would first have to organize a residence permit, but he can only apply for it from Canada. The advisor Elise (Solène Rigot) unites him to offer the local sheep breeders as undeclared workers, as if he leaves her number.
The two see each other again when Mathyas is terminating his first shepherd job: he was able to gain experience, but the erratic outbreaks of his alcoholic boss then go too far for him. At that moment, Elise appears, who has now also terminated her civil servant job. Together they find a sheep farming that is specifically looking for a “shepherd couple” and choose this common adventure.
Is that worth it? At first glance, one may consider “Schäfer” to be a kitsch-romantic departure story: educated young man has had enough of the stressful city life, breaks out, believes that everything is different and better on the edge of civilization, in nature. But the film (and his protagonist) is aware of these implications and dramaturgical dangers and skilfully around them.
Simply gone: The Canadian-French indie film pearl is the most beautiful way of escapism
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Yes, “Schäfer” is a story of letting go, leaving, restarting, the film romantizes the “simple life” under sheep. Old problems are replaced by new and Mathyas has to find his way around in this life.
This reflected realism in particular makes this small, clever and convincingly played drama worth seeing. It is also up to date, because in a crazy world everyone dreams of “breaking out” and running away from time to time. “Schäfer” takes up this and is therefore extremely accessible without ever having a missionary effect. Sometimes you need escapism, even if only fictional, and this Canadian indie film pearl makes it easy to get involved.
“Schäfer”, drama. Canada/France 2025, 113 minutes, from September 5th in the cinema
The South Tyrolean brothers Paul (Thomas Prenn) and Anton (Laurence Rupp, right) go towards uncertain times: “Secondaryland”
Starhaus film production
“Second country”
What it is about 1961, South Tyrol: Despite reforms, the German -speaking population remains disadvantaged in the area, quite a few want independence from Italy or the “re -connection” to Austria.
The two brothers Paul (Thomas Prenn) and Anton (Laurence Rupp), who inherited a small farm from their parents, deal with the situation differently: the younger, artistically talented Paul wants to go to Munich and study art, escaped the situation. The older Anton, on the other hand, wants to fight for independence and the rights of the South Tyroleans and joins a group of violence.
Again and again there are attacks on Italian authorities in the area, with one of them a young man comes to death, Anton was involved. The police are looking for him, at the last second he sets off to North Tyrol on foot, where he is under friends. Paul, however, stays behind and takes care of her son and the farm with Anton’s wife Anna (Aenne Schwarz).
When the attacks are becoming more, the authorities are increasingly crazy and do not shy away from torture methods, and Paul is also temporarily arrested. He should tell you his brother’s whereabouts. He is torn and has to decide where he is in this conflict.
Is that worth it? Michael Kofler’s historical drama is a stylistically demanding and content -related examination of timeless questions: independence, freedom, justice – and how far is an individual, an individual, an individual should go to fight for your rights? It’s about morality, about doing the right thing, in a tricky situation in which there are no simple answers.
In the 1960s, the signs south of the burner stand on storm
Starhaus film production
Thomas Prenn plays the prisoner prisoner in this starting point: he stands against violence and wants nothing to do with the Tyrolean nationalists, whom his brother joins. At the same time, he also recognizes that his population group is affected by reprisals, not least when he noticed up close how the Italian authorities torture and blame his best friend.
Aenne Schwarz as Anna convinces as an “voice of reason”: she dreams of peaceful co-existence of Italian-speaking and German-speaking South Tyroleans, she remains consistent with her ideals, even if that means leaving her husband behind. “Secondaryland” does without black and white painting and brings empathy for all of his characters. A successful directorial debut.
“Second country”, drama. Germany / Italy 7 Austria 2025, 112 minutes, from September 4th in the cinema
Voice of reason: Aenne Schwarz as a farmer’s woman Anna
Starhaus film production
Also new in the cinema:
“22 lanes”
The German literary adaptation based on Caroline Wahl’s debut novel tells the history of young Tilda (Luna Wedler), which leads a strictly structured life: she studies mathematics, works at the supermarket fund, takes care of her little sister Ida because her mother is alcoholic. In her free time she always swims 22 lanes in the swimming pool, otherwise there is not much time for her own life. One day things seem to turn to better: Tilda is promoted a doctorate in Berlin. And Viktor (Jannis Niewöhner) appears, who – just like her – always swims.
“22 lanes”, drama. Germany 2025, 100 minutes, from September 4th in the cinema
Not an easy life: Tilda (Luna Wedler) has to take care of her little sister Ida, her herself only remains swimming: “22 lanes”
Constantin Film
“Tafiti – off through the desert”
Tafiti lives in the savannah in Africa, a bright meerkat, with his grandfather. He repeatedly warns him: the world out there is full of dangers – and meerkats should stay better. But the idiosyncratic tafiti has its own head and in a clumsy brush -eared pig brush he finds a companion. When his grandpa is bitten by a poison snake, the greatest adventure of his life begins for Tafiti: Together with brush, he starts looking for a rare blue flower that grows behind the desert, the only remedy that can save his grandfather.
“Tafiti – off through the desert”, animation, children’s film. Germany 2025, 70 minutes, from September 4th in the cinema
Looking for a cure for Grandpa: Tafiti and Brush in “Tafiti – Off through the desert”
Trade Wind Pictures
“Scars of a coup”
The military coup dated September 12, 1980 abruptly ended the dream of democracy in Turkey. Abidin, the husband of director Nathalie Borgers, was a Turkish revolutionary in the 1970s and then fled to Vienna. The filmmaker embarks on a personal search to find out what is hidden behind the scars on her husband’s body and how this event changed Turkish society.
“Scars of a coup”, documentary. Austria / Belgium 2025, 102 minutes, from September 5th in the cinema
“Scars of a coup” about the state coupons of the military in September 1980 in Turkey
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