Didier Konings’ simmering mediaeval horror Witte Wieven explores the confluence of religion and patriarchy in an excessively puritanical Dutch village. Blamed by her community for being childless, Frieda immerses herself in prayer and ritual. When she returns unscathed from the forbidden forest surrounding the village, having evaded a lecherous butcher, she is condemned as an agent of the devil. Frieda, however, finds new faith in the dark powers that inhabit the woods.
Shot in a reduced colour palette at the edge of visibility, Konings’ gripping film constructs a convincing pre-modern society whose practices it elucidates with patience and attention. Although set in the Middle Ages, Witte Wieven displays an unmistakably contemporary spirit, crafting a feminist parable about women discovering new ways of understanding their lives and the world.
阿尔菲·威廉姆斯 拉尔夫·费因斯 杰克·奥康奈尔 基里安·墨菲 艾玛·莱尔德 毛拉·伯德 艾琳·凯利曼 齐·刘易斯-帕里 罗伯特·罗兹 萨姆·洛克 吉哈兹·艾尔·鲁法埃 娜塔莉·库斯托 Elliot Benn
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