{"id":357989,"date":"2018-04-23T02:39:58","date_gmt":"2018-04-23T01:39:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/the-devil-and-father-amarth\/"},"modified":"2018-04-23T02:39:58","modified_gmt":"2018-04-23T01:39:58","slug":"the-devil-and-father-amarth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/the-devil-and-father-amarth\/","title":{"rendered":"The Devil and Father Amarth"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Forty five years after he filmed The Exorcist the director behind one of the most terrifying movies has shot a real exorcism.<\/p>\n

When William Friedkin shot The Exorcist in 1973 he had never actually seen an exorcism, though even at the time he believed in the power of the rite which is designed to evict demons or other evil spirits from a \u2018possessed\u2019 person.<\/p>\n

Now four decades on he\u2019s been given the rare chance to film an actual exorcism carried out by Father Gabriele Amorth, who regularly performs them.<\/p>\n

The director of\u00a0The Exorcist<\/a>\u00a0was invited to watch the Italian priest at work.<\/p>\n

The result is the documentary The Devil and Father Amorth, which was shown at the Venice Film Festival and is out April 20.<\/p>\n

It shows Father Amorth and a woman in battle after an introduction explains 500,000 people a year are exorcised in Italy.<\/p>\n

Father Amorth sprinkles Holy Water and begins reciting verses, in Italian and in Latin. Suddenly, the woman begins to shake and roar.<\/p>\n

The \u2018demon\u2019 shouts \u201cI am Satan\u201d and invites the priest to leave. He continues his prayer, determined.<\/p>\n

\u201cHow many demons are inside you?\u201d he asks. \u201c89!\u201d she replies. The struggle continues until Amorth wins, and she smiles in relief.<\/p>\n