Now this movie shook me up me in an intellectually stimulating way. More so than I care to admit, which is a rare experience for me. I know, ...sad. Reading up on IMDB and such I was surprised to learn that the main reaction has been: "I don't need to see this fucked up shit". Now that's just immature and also a little exaggerating. Demonlover is in fact a beautifully shot, incredibly well acted and very well pieced together story. One of the rare but wonderful occurrences when the authors don't assume their audience consists of minors and fools exclusively. In that respect, as a piece of craftsmanship Demonlover is as refreshing as it is fascinating. The plot is basically a baroque game of intrigues around ruthless french high-power business men and women getting involved in japanese animé porn and preceding to tumble down a hellish rabbit hole. Instead of the Syd Field school of Hollywood plot twists Demonlover keeps changing in front of our eyes, constantly redefining the relationships of power between the players. Allies, victims and perpetrators perform a dream like dance of destruction.

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• Face (French American Cultural Exchange)
• Interesting article on french corporate culture
• Weird Japanese Demonlover website