Blood of My Blood (2015) User Reviews

I have the honor to be the first reviewer that absolutely hates it

[deloudelouvain · 1/10 · 12 April 2018]

Well apparently I have the honor to be the first one to review this movie. I got tricked into watching Sangue Del Mio Sangue by the ratings it got. It wasn't too bad of a score so I thought it would be interesting to watch. But it's quite the opposite. It's a bad movie, with an extremely weak story, full of plot holes, going nowhere, an absolute time waster. The first part is about some catholics doing their absurd things because they want to prove something that doesn't even need proof. Very boring to watch, and that's not even because I'm a convinced atheist, but more because the story is so weak. The acting is sometimes pretty mediocre as well. But the major letdown is absolutely the story. You'll have to ask the director what he wanted to show as a story because I still don't get it and I did my really best to stay concentrating while hoping this nightmare of a movie would end as fast as possible. Why people spend money making stupid movies like this one will always remain a mystery to me.

Dire realities and supernatural metaphors

[guisreis · 8/10 · 11 June 2021]

Perfectly filmed, directed and acted, this Italian movie about dire realities and supernatural hellish metaphors disturbs in different levels and ways. Indeed there are two independent stories with connections that are hard to be found, but some actors portraying roles in both parts. One story happens four centuries after the other, but both are held in the very same place: in Bobbio, Emilia Romagna, particularly in its convent prision. Many films mix two or more stories, but the disturbing thing is that the two parts are radically opposite in their tones. The first part is one of the best movies about witch trials by the Catholic Church. Held in XVIIth century, it is heavy and brutal. The nun accused to be a witch resists continuously several dire tortures, and portrays a self control and sharp eyes that make us think about it: are those fanatics right and she really made a pact with devil or is she only a brave heroine who refuses to bend to oppression? The movie then becomes even more disturbing when it shows a story in present days. It has a burlesque and dark comedy tone, in the musical score, in the colours, in the characters. Then we also know that a man is suspected of being a vampire, and, well... subsequent facts will fastly make us know if it was true. Corruption is supposedly linked to vampirism, what Cuban animated film "Vampires in La Habana" had already made. Specific situations seem to have close similarities to actual events in Italy, which Italians themselves will certainly notice much more easilly than me. Spectator will see impressive events in XVIIth century Bobbio again, before the film ends. There is no chance not to be impacted. It is indeed a remarkable audiovisual experience. As my wife highlighted, the extreme contrast between the two parts happens even in the destines of the "witch" and the "vampire". However, an end that linked everything more clearly and answered my questions would have pleased me much more (although that feeling becomes softened as I think more about the movie).