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simm?(ering m#ediae;va @l horror Witte^; Wi even#+ explores th[!e confluence o ^f rel!`@igio.n and*  patri archy i=n an excessively -pur= @itan:(^-ical Du)tch ^ -vil!l+age. )Blamed by h\er com,`mu
_n,%ity fo_-+r being ch ildles
_s, `Frieda immer:ses !herself in pr)#%]a]yer a)+nd ritual. When s` ^he returns@ uns(cathed fr`o/ m the fo/\rbidd[en forest surrou(,ndi
ng the v ?@ill`(,%age, hav^,]ing +eva_`ded a_\ lecherous butch) er. , she is ? cond[e+mned as an agent of the ?
devi[l. Frieda, h` .owever, finds ne,$^w faith in %)!%the dar : #k po*!we=-$r`+@s =@that inhabit the woods..@_　　Shot in a red:*(uced ).co lour */!pale$ 
tte at the *:edge of visibil?[ity, Konings’ grippin^]g film const$=ructs a# con^vincin?_^#g pre-modern societ]+.y who =se $p #ractices i ##$t (
^elucida+_ tes wit//h patienc

$*e_ and! attentio^n. Al/@
though set -.=i%n the` M.^iddle Ages, W-)#it*te Wieven d ispl%ays ]an unmistak=-ably 
conte%-_mporary s\pirit, cr`#afti*$
ng _=a fe++ mini @=st parable ab[\!out%=  women di#scovering% new w.!=ays of understanding thei r li@ves and t:_he world.