The Five Devils

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The Five Devils

2023

1h 35m

Drama

Fantasy

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Eight-year-old Vicky has a mysterious gift: she can recreate any scent she comes across, even that of her beloved mother Joanne. When her estranged aunt suddenly returns to town, the invocation of her fragrance plunges the young girl back in time to unravel a past replete with family secrets and queer romance.

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Critics Consensus

Overflowing with ideas as it moves across genres, The Five Devils uses intoxicating magical realism to explore a family's troubled past.

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Noel Murray

Los Angeles Times

May 15, 2023

This alluring and sneakily emotional film is never confusing...

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Peter Debruge

Variety

Apr 1, 2023

The... director is more ambitious than she is successful this time around.

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Richard Whittaker

Austin Chronicle

Mar 30, 2023

2.5/5

If The Five Devils more bravely embraced a single perspective, that might have better bound together its depiction of a family splitting apart.

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Julian Singleton

Cinapse

Jul 11, 2025

Mysius’ commanding and compassionate second feature manages to push time-travel tales into new, tear-jerking territory–all without feeling overly wrought or demanding of its audience.

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Ygraine Hackett-Cantabrana

Moving Pictures Film Club

Jul 15, 2024

5/5

depiction of a family whose members are trying to fit into expectations that are just not meant for them, seen through the eyes of a hypersensitive child attempting to process her family’s place in the world.

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Tamma Moksha

The Hindu

Jun 10, 2024

While the film begins with a promising premise, the sentiments are muddied with overindulgence in the supernatural; the director immerses the audience in Vicky’s potions and dilutes a well-constructed plot.

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Ghederick Eshmont

Apr 8, 2023

A wonderful meditation on lost love & the anchors of motherhood.

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Leprechaun K

@LeprechaunKing Feb 4, 2026

Exarchopoulos exudes an intoxicating presence and is always wonderful to watch. The elements surrounding witchcraft convolutes the storytelling and the plot becomes predictable. The ending is somewhat confusing.

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Lucio Leonardo P

@LucioTomas Feb 18, 2025

Entertainment that begins with a mystery that captures attention (not only the suspense but also the beauty and sensuality of the actress Adèle Exarchopoulos), but that does not develop and only adds elements to unanswered questions and that has as its big twist something predictable and poorly told, with a big question at the end, like: “what the hell is that?”...

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@RT16436239 Aug 21, 2023

It's a fascinating unique take on a family drama, It starts a little slow but the conclusion makes it worth it. Creative and definitely worth the watch

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@MauriceAJones May 2, 2023

With vibes of Atom Egoyan's dark secrecy, and Quentin Dupieux's fantastical randomness, The Five Devils tells an intriguing and heartbreakingly racy story of the societal pressures that lead to bad decisions, that in turn, lead to generational trauma.

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Synopsis

Eight-year-old Vicky has a mysterious gift: she can recreate any scent she comes across, even that of her beloved mother Joanne. When her estranged aunt suddenly returns to town, the invocation of her fragrance plunges the young girl back in time to unravel a past replete with family secrets and queer romance.

Director: Léa Mysius
Producer: Jean-Louis Livi, Fanny Yvonnet
Screenwriter: Léa Mysius, Paul Guilhaume, Léa Mysius, Paul Guilhaume
Production Co: F Comme Film, Trois Brigands Productions
Genre: Drama, Fantasy
Original Language: French (France)
Release Date (Theaters): Mar 24, 2023, Limited
Box Office (Gross USA): $46.7K
Runtime: 1h 35m
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)

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