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简介：DidierKonings’simmeringmediaevalhorrorWitteWievenexplorestheconfluenceofreligionandpatriarchyinanexcessivelypuritanicalDutchvillage.Blamedbyhercommunityforbeingchildless,Friedaimmersesherselfinprayerandritual.Whenshereturnsunscathedfromtheforbiddenforestsurroundingthevillage,havingevadedalecherousbutcher,sheiscondemnedasanagentofthedevil.Frieda,however,findsnewfaithinthedarkpowersthatinhabitthewoods.Shotinareducedcolourpaletteattheedgeofvisibility,Konings’grippingfilmconstructsaconvincingpre-modernsocietywhosepracticesitelucidateswithpatienceandattention.AlthoughsetintheMiddleAges,WitteWievendisplaysanunmistakablycontemporaryspirit,craftingafeministparableaboutwomendiscoveringnewwaysofunderstandingtheirlivesandtheworld.