2/10
Andrej Zulawski is most known internationally for Possession, an 80's body horror flick starring Isabelle Adjani in a crazily over the top role. I found that movie flawed, but interesting.
I didn't know much about Szamanka going in but I knew Zulawski would be on hand to accept a lifetime achievement award from Fantasia so I decided that would be worth seeing in itself. It was, but unfortunately, the movie was not. Possession was flawed but interesting (a trait in movies I can tolerate and have for many years) but Szamanka was flawed and uninteresting, a fatal combo. It features another crazily over the top performance from its lead actress, but never goes anywhere interesting with it. She meets with an anthropology professor who has unearthed a 2000-year old shaman, and the movie mostly details their crazed, illogical love affair, with lots and lots of wild sex.
I'll give this movie one point for its soundtrack which, although annoyingly repetitive, features some cool tunes, and another point for actually being kind of funny at times, in its silliness. But overall...pass.
I have another movie to see in this little Zulawski retrospective, L'amour Braque. Hopefully it's a lot better
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