Deliver Us from Evil

"Ole Bornedal's smart, propulsive thriller Deliver Us from Evil opens on a deserted coastal road as the film's narrator, a garishly dressed young woman, quickly introduces us to the film's principal characters. They include Anna, the angelic wife of the town's unofficial mayor, Ingvar, a veteran of the Second World War; Johannes and Pernille, an upscale couple who recently relocated to the countryside because they were worried about raising their children in a big city like Copenhagen; Alain, a Bosnian refugee who lost his family to the conflict and is now doing odd jobs for Johannes; and finally, Johannes's ne'er-do-well brother Lars, whom we first meet barreling down the same stretch of country road as Anna, pissed out of his gourd...