DidierKonings’simmeringmediaevalhorrorWitteWievenexplorestheconfluenceofreligionandpatriarchyinanexcessivelypuritanicalDutchvillage.Blamedbyhercommunityforbeingchildless,Friedaimmersesherselfinprayerandritual.Whenshereturnsunscathedfromtheforbiddenforestsurroundingthevillage,havingevadedalecherousbutcher,sheiscondemnedasanagentofthedevil.Frieda,however,findsnewfaithinthedarkpowersthatinhabitthewoods. Shotinareducedcolourpaletteattheedgeofvisibility,Konings’grippingfilmconstructsaconvincingpre-modernsocietywhosepracticesitelucidateswithpatienceandattention.AlthoughsetintheMiddleAges,WitteWievendisplaysanunmistakablycontemporaryspirit,craftingafeministparableaboutwomendiscoveringnewwaysofunderstandingtheirlivesandtheworld. 源自：https://iffr.com/en/iffr/2024/films/witte-wieven