Restored version of Ken Russell's controversial 1971 film 'The Devils' sells out Cannes screening in under 60 seconds
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Ken Russell's 1971 film "The Devils" — based on Aldous Huxley's novel about a 1634 French witch trial — sold out its Cannes Film Festival screening in under 60 seconds, 55 years after its original release. The film, notorious for its violence and nudity, was never released in the director's intended cut. A restored version has now become one of the most sought-after screenings at this year's Cannes, highlighting the film's enduring controversial legacy and the long-awaited restoration of Russell's original vision.
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Russell's film, an adaptation of Aldous Huxley's 1952 novel The Devils of Loudon, was never actually released in a cut that its director wanted people people to see it in.
Based on the true story of a Roman Catholic priest accused of witchcraft in rural France in 1634, The Devils featured violence and nudity that still s
‘Ken Russell’s The Devils’: How the restored version of a controversial 1971 classic became the coolest film at this year’s Cannes Film Festival
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