Di\dier *]Ko(nings’ simme [rin$-g mediaeval h orro-r Witte Wi /
even explores the confluence =_of relig@ion and patri=
arch,,#y in\% an excessively puritanical Dutch- village. Bl^/:.+a %
\med by her communit,$,y for 
+b),-+ei^;*ng childles`*s,%+ Frieda /immerses h @ers?%elf in\ pr,-aye\.r and ri# tu_-,al. When ,%!sh \e*#: return
(s uns;cath% ed #\]from t;he, for:?bidden^)# %^forest s#-urrounding @_the vi_%` llage, having e^v(aded a lechero]\us butcher,%;[ she is condemne[:d as/)^ (
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%! agent #?of the devi,;l.\!; Fr/ ;ieda, however, finds _new .fa*+ith in the da-rk p^-\[owers that inhabit\.+ the woods$.　　;Shot in a reduce.
d/ colour@ pal`ette- at the edge of\ visib-:;i\;)lity,=( Konings’!+@# grip*_ping fi*\lm cons`\tructs 
a convincing pre-mode!)?rn socie-+ty* w_ -hos\-[e? p!ractices it elucidates$%^@ with pa,#tience *)and]! attent@)ion`. A;lthough s=$`et in the .#=Middle Ag(
es, Witte Wie\.\ven di;^splays an unmis!?,t: !a]?kably cont emporary spirit, craf!!*ti,(ng =$/a feminist parable_ about wome .,*n disco=vering new way],s o\;#+f?] u!.*\nd;erstandi @ng their)
 lives and t%)he world.