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Years after he changed the landscape of American filmmaking with 1973\u2019s “The Exorcist”, director, co-writer and legendary storyteller William Friedkin moves from fiction to fact with his new documentary, “The Devil and Father Amorth”. What began as a brief conversation between Friedkin and Father Gabrielle Amorth \u2013 the head Exorcist for the Diocese of Rome for over 30 years \u2013 as two professionals who knew of each other\u2019s work soon transformed into an once-in-a- lifetime opportunity, as Amorth agreed Friedkin could film an exorcism ceremony. It would be the ninth exorcism for a painfully afflicted woman, Cristina (a pseudonym), who had already been under Father Amorth\u2019s care \u2013 and it would be filmed by Friedkin alone, with no other crew allowed, no light other than the natural light in the room and a small digital camera-and-mic unit that could capture the ritual and its revelations. <\/p>\nCombining the startling and singular footage from Cristina\u2019s exorcism with interviews from priests and psychologists, neurosurgeons and non-believers, Friedkin guides us on a journey into the twilight world between the boundaries of what we know and what we don\u2019t with a singular and startling guide in the form of the urbane, charming and self-deprecatingly funny Father Amorth, a man who laughs in the face of the Devil both figuratively and literally. Combining Friedkin\u2019s past memories and present observations with archival footage and new interviews \u2013 as well as also presenting what may be the only real exorcism ceremony captured on film \u2013 “The Devil and Father Amorth” is a startling and surprising story of the religion, the ritual and the real-world victims involved in possession and exorcism.<\/em><\/p>\n