Didier Koning[%s’ simmerin!g medi]a eval horror! Witte Wi;`)+)even explor!es the confluenc+e of religion and pat@r_,)iarc$]hy ?
in an exces* siv$ely p\! $ur@\
^itan/ic[,al Dutch+- vi[@llage. Bl-=,amed by ,`=her community for .$being%:_ chi/=ldles._s, ;+@Frieda imme_rse@;s her+*se:%*lf i)n pr, ay$\:e#=]r and ritual. When she returns unsc-athed from th,e f[!orbidd\en forest surrou:!n[ding the` vill!a=ge, ha\.v ing evaded ., :a l+echerous butcher, she is condemned as an )agent
%of ` t()he @`devi.l. (Frieda,\ however, finds#  new f,aith i[n the d +)ark powers ;-(th)at inhabit the woods.　　S hot in a )red;[`uce)_@d colour p @(a_let%.te at /t$#;he edge of visibility, Kon.ings’ grippi[^
ng fil?!m constru:cts a%,( convin@cing (pre-mo`;der
n)? socie - ty% whose pr%!actices it elucida!te@(s] with+ pati^e=
nce and attention. Although =:s= et in+ ,: ^th$e Middle Ages, Witte Wieven displays!^ - $an unmistakab@ly c#
-ontempo^rary$*]* spirit, crafting _a feminis$@)t parable/ about]  w
ome;n^( discovering ne;w way s of un)d@,erstanding)// their lives and the world.