TUESDAY 25 APRIL
Documentary
Philip and his Seven Wives
10:00pm - 11:10pm
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Documentaries about polygamous cults are ten a penny, but they're not usually set on a farm outside Hove. That's where Philip - a former rabbi who knows he's a prophet, because God told him - lives with his heartbreakingly deluded harem. The odd blackly comic moment aside (Philip describes the process of purifying one's faith as "going round the bend"), Marc Isaacs's film is horribly tragic. As the wives weep through Philip's esteem-destroying lectures, we see how easy it can be to manipulate people by using and abusing religion. The drab English setting makes it all the more chilling - and there's a quietly devastating denouement.
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