Ddirected by Spanish terror master Paco Plazait’s available the film is available on Netflix today Sister Deathhorror with a religious setting that will give viewers chills. The protagonist is a novice with supernatural powers played masterfully by Aria Bedmar.
Sister Deaththe plot of the movie
Set in post-war Spain of the 1940sthe film tells the story of Narcisa (Aria Bedmar), a young novice with supernatural powers. The girl, after a childhood marked by a miracle, reaches a former convent now transformed into a girls’ school, where she will become a teacher. But As the days pass, strange events and increasingly disturbing situations occur that torment the girl’s soul and push her to unravel the horrible tangle of all the secrets surrounding the structure and persecute her sisters. Until a tragic epilogue which will forever mark Narcisa’s existence.
A horror film that reflects on the atrocities of history
Prequel, again directed by Paco Plaza, by Veronicaa cult of the horror genre filmed in 2017, Sister Death answers some questions left unanswered by the previous film, winner of 7 Goya awards (the David di Donatello of Spanish cinema), and one of the most viewed Hispanic films ever on the Netflix platform.
Veronica it was loosely based on the true events of the 1991 Vallecas case. When the 15 year old Estefanía Gutiérrez Lázaro he died mysteriously after using a ouija board. Among the supporting characters of the film stood out an elderly blind nun, precisely called Sister Death. A character who aroused a lot of curiosity due to his gloomy appearance.
Aria Bedmar in a scene from the film “Sister Death”. (Netflix)
Filmed in the Royal Monastery of Sant Jeroni de Cotalba, located in the municipality of Alfauir in Valencia, Sister Death so it tells the story of this mysterious nun and so we are transported to the Spain of the forties where, after a short and evocative prologue in black and white, we are shown the child protagonist venerated by the inhabitants of a small village after a Marian vision.
Subsequently, the film is divided into three chapters in which the character’s story is told: the intimate journey of a young novice who, marked by her stormy stay in a convent that seems cursed, he ends up giving up his sight to be able to see beyond what appears in the earthly world.
Crossing the real with the supernaturalthe director therefore tells how the wounds and ghosts of the past (in this case the shadows resulting from the Spanish Civil War) lead to repression and to silence, revealing the dark side that exists in each of us. Visually, Plaza creates a sinister atmosphere through the light present in the spaces in the daytime sequences. Creating a strong contrast between the white of the nuns’ clothes with the darkness that pervades the rooms of the convent. The result is a highly terrifying film from every point of view but which, above all, wants to reflect on the horrors of history. And the tragic consequencessadly current, which we still carry with us today.
The revelation Aria Bedmar
Born in Andalusia in 1994, the young actress moved to Madrid very soon to study acting and, a few months after graduation, he immediately conquers an important role in the soap opera A life. Broadcast until last year with great public response on Canale 5.
In the soap, set in the early twentieth century, Air she played a lesbian girl forced to emigrate to France to live in the light of her love alone for the beautiful Maite. A complex role that the actress embodies with intelligence and sensitivity. After the success of A life, the actress will win other important roles. Always in period drama, like The hunt – Monteperdido, Castamar’s cook And The heirs of the earth.
Former flamenco dancer, Aria she was romantically linked, from 2009 to 2021, to Kenzy Loevett, front woman of the Spanish group Megara. After their wedding in Almería on November 2, 2019, the day of their tenth engagement anniversary, approximately two years later Aria announced via his Instagram profile that the relationship between the two has come to an end. After twelve years. Today Aria is happily engaged to her colleague Ylenia Baglietto.
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