关键词：异端 Konings simmering mediaeval horror Witte Wieven
DidierKonings’simmeringmediaevalhorrorWitteWievenexplorestheconfluenceofreligionandpatriarchyinanexcessivelypuritanicalDutchvillage.Blamedbyhercommunityforbeingchildless,Friedaimmersesherselfinprayerandritual.Whenshereturnsunscathedfromtheforbiddenforestsurroundingthevillage,havingevadedalecherousbutcher,sheiscondemnedasanagentofthedevil.Frieda,however,findsnewfaithinthedarkpowersthatinhabitthewoods. Shotinareducedcolourpaletteattheedgeofvisibility,Konings’grippingfilmconstructsaconvincingpre-modernsocietywhosepracticesitelucidateswithpatienceandattention.AlthoughsetintheMiddleAges,WitteWievendisplaysanunmistakablycontemporaryspirit,craftingafeministparableaboutwomendiscoveringnewwaysofunderstandingtheirlivesandtheworld.
