Alien Exorcism | |
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Italian | 6 Giorni sulla Terra |
Directed by | Varo Venturi |
Written by | Varo Venturi M. Luisa Fusconi Giacomo Mondadori |
Starring | Massimo Poggio Laura Glavan Marina Kazankova Ludovico Fremont |
Cinematography | Daniele Baldacci |
Edited by | Varo Venturi |
Music by | Reinhold Heil Johnny Klimek Jordan Balagot |
Distributed by | Bolero Film |
Release date |
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Running time | 101 minutes |
Country | Italy |
Language | Italian |
Alien Exorcism (Italian : 6 Giorni sulla Terra), [1] also known as 6 Days on Earth, is a 2011 [2] Italian science fiction film directed by Varo Venturi. [3] It stars Massimo Poggio, Laura Glavan and Marina Kazankova. Supporting actors include Ludovico Fremont and Pier Giorgio Bellocchio. [4] It was shot both in English [5] and Italian. [6]
It has been selected to be featured at the 33° Moscow International Film Festival. [7] [8]
Dr. Davide Piso is a courageous scientist who has been studying thousands of cases involving alien abductions with the aid of hypnosis. When the scientist decides to help Saturnia, a seductive teenager that believes herself to be an alien abductee and shows a clear attraction for him, he faces an insurmountable problem: once hypnotised, Saturnia cannot leave the trance condition anymore, hence giving manifestation to Hexabor of Ur, an alien entity coming from Mesopotamian ages. Hexabor considers himself a demi-god and wants to exploit a special human energy: the soul. [9]
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