Di/dier K;=oning`?s’ simmer
@i` ng` % :#medi aev-[al+, horror Witte;`@[ Wieven exp?_%l o;res( the co$nfluenc- e of)= reli?gion and !patriarchy .in ]:an excessively p]u,rit,^anical #=$Du.tch vi#llage. Blamed^[^ by (\her community f)or b.^eing.; childless, F?-rieda im*merses h ?ersel]\f +in prayer .+!and ritua!l.? Whe+;n she return.;s +[,u
n#*-^scathed from the for,bi*dden forest surrounding the village, havin_?$g evad!)#ed \a le@che-\rous ] b,utcher, $she is condemned as an agent o_.?f
the devil. Frie)-da, how));*ever, finds new faith in th@%e dark pow?
(ers ?that #inhabit . /the wood. %!s.　　Shot in $a reduced.+ colou )r palett=]e# :)@at @t$he .% edge o f visib \ility, Konings’ #/:gr\i,.@pp@in+^.g film con[%st.*ruc,ts a.! convincing pre-moder_/_n society whose practices it elucidat.(^es wit./h patien^ #ce and atte_:nt/ion. Althoug==h set in @:=the  M] ?iddle Age@s, Witte% Wieve%\`n d)
isplays an unmistak.abl\]y* con/temporary sp=,#,#irit, -crafting a fem*inist parable;$ about wome[^n discovering new ways of under-^,sta[[nding )*=their lives and; t^he \:w:orld.