Satana

Whatconstitutesasufficientmotivationforcrimes?CananymotivationpossiblyexcusethemanthismoviecomparestoSatan?Certainlyheknowsaboutthestashofmoneyawomangovernmentofficialhasillegallyhiddenaway.Healsoknowsthatsheoccasionallyhasaffairs,anddespitethatshehasrejectedhissexualadvances,eventhoughheiscoldlycharmingandquitehandsome.Whateverthereason,asthefilmopens,hehasluredthewoman'sten-yearolddaughtertoasecludedspotandswiftlymurderedher.Thismanisasexualpredatorofaverycurioustype:heseduceswomenthroughhisuncannypersistenceasoftenasherapesthem.Meanwhile,hehascontactedtheofficialwhosedaughterhekilled,claimingthathehaskidnappedheranddemandingransom.ThischillingportraitofanamoralmonsterinthemidstofanimmoralsocietywonaSilverBearatthe1991BerlinFilmFestival.