Get used to seeing the name Bruno Dumont regularly on this list, as he is undoubtedly the most gifted cinematic artist France has produced in the past 20 years. Outside Satan deals with the relationship between a lonely young woman and a hermit who spends his existence meditating and begging. In the film's opening 10 minutes, he calmly enters the girl's home after she tearfully tells him she "cannot take it anymore", take a shotgun and execute her stepfather off-screen. In a later scene, he appears to perform an exorcism on a sick young girl by savagely kissing her. While the nature of his presence and motivations remain ambiguous throughout most of the film, the hermit appears to have taken the role of the village's protector from evil forces both human and spiritual. Watching Outside Satan is like being in communion with your soul, at church or in any secluded area holding special meaning to you. Shots go on for minutes, faces remain blank and what little dialogue present is supplanted by the amplified small noises of footsteps, wind, rain and fire. It is not so much a story to listen to as it is an experience to be received.