Ulrich Lenk

Structural change and unemployment in Schönstett are a real problem for Julia Fischer and her husband Martin. Especially since Martin acts as a houseman after his company went bankrupt and Julia brings the money home. A seemingly ingenious deal by the mayor is intended to remedy the situation and provide an upswing. But when women riot, a planned sit-in turns into an unscheduled sex strike...

Helmed by writer-director Andreas Marschall - and a piece of fiction passing as fact - the direct-to-video horror indie Tears of Kali returns to the early eighties and plunges into a nightmarish scenario wrought when several EST-like groups establish themselves in India. One of the more extreme communes, the Taylor-Eriksson cult, carries its "quest for self-knowledge" to a malevolent end, with numerous group members trapped, tortured, murdered and mutilated. Tears of Kali tells their twisted and disturbing story. Mathieu Carriere, Peter Martell, Cora Chilcott, Vronie Kiefer, and Nuran Celik head the ensemble cast.