Serviam: I Will Serve

Serviam: I Will Serve (Serviam – Ich will dienen) is a 2022 Austrian thriller film directed by Ruth Mader, starring Maria-Victoria Dragus, Leona Lindinger, Anna Elisabeth Berger, Sophia Gomez-Schreiber and Petra Morzé.

Cast

 * Maria-Victoria Dragus as Sister Philine
 * Leona Lindinger as Sabine
 * Anna Elisabeth Berger as Sandra
 * Sophia Gomez-Schreiber as Martha
 * Petra Morzé as Sister Agnes
 * Udo Samel

Release
The film premiered at the Locarno Film Festival on 9 August 2022.

Reception
Guy Lodge of Variety wrote that "this supremely well-made chiller announces itself upfront as a cut above your average nunsploitation exercise with its stark, stringent mise-en-scène and jabs of religious inquiry via surreal, Bible-based animated interludes." Muriel Del Don of Cineuropa wrote that the film "works intelligently to combine spiritual challenges, a thriller, and the world of childhood, ultimately transforming innocence into extremism."

Neil Young of Screen Daily wrote that "As a determinedly downbeat exercise in moody atmospherics, Serviam — I Will Serve passes muster."