'The Devil's Bath' wins best film at 57th edition of Sitges Film Festival

The horror drama 'The Devil's Bath' by Severin Fiala and Veronika Franz won the award for the best film at the 57th edition of the Sitges International Fantasy and Horror Film Festival.

The story is based in Austria in the 18th century. Agnes, the main character played by Anja Plaschg, is a profoundly religious woman who has just married Wolf. Little by little Agnes will see herself on a lonely path with reocurrent bad thoughts.

On an interview with the Catalan News Agency (ACN), Veronika Franz highlighted that the film talks about the "taboo of depression and suicide".

'The Devil's Bath will premiere on November 15 and it has been shortlisted by Austria to represent the country on the Oscars.

The award for best direction has been awarded to Soi Cheang for 'Twilight for the warriors: walled in'.

The film is based in Hong Kong in the 1980s, and it follows the main character Chan Lok-kwun looking for a better future. 

The special award from the jury has been awarded to 'Exhuma' by Jan Jae-hyun and the award for best script to 'A different man' by Aaron Schimberg.

'Strage darling' by JT Mollner won the award from the public and the award for best photography for Giovanni Ribisi.