在万圣节前夕,乔治·米勒从一家旅馆的屋顶上跳下来。但他得救了,幸存了下来。在年轻的精神病学医生珍妮弗·柯蒂斯的照顾下,恢复了他的求生意志。然而,他却患有可怕的噩梦。回到家,他在报纸上发现他的梦,他强迫别人以最残忍的方式自杀,这似乎已经成为了现实。
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.