The VVitch: A New-England Folktale (2015)

Slo naslov: - 

Drugi naslovi: The Witch

Država: ZDA, VB, Kanada

Leto: 2015

Dolžina: 92',  Imdb

Žanri: Grozljivka, Misterij   

Slo recenzija: Filmoljub, Deseta umetnost

Režija: Robert Eggers

Scenarij: Robert Eggers

Igrajo: Anya Taylor-Joy, Ralph Ineson, Kate Dickie, Harvey Scrimshaw, Lucas Dawson, Ellie Grainger, Julian Richings, Bathsheba Garnett

[SLO]

Ljudska pripovedka o čarovnicah Nove Anglije, kot se glasi podnaslov grozljivke The Witch, se odvija v 30. letih 17. stoletja. V času, ko so ljudje še verjeli v krute zgodbice o coprnicah, ki kradejo otroke, letijo s pomočjo ročnih čistilnih naprav in plešejo s hudičem. Zgodba je preprosta in sledi življenju angleške puritanske družine, ki je zaradi očetove pretirane verske gorečnosti primorana zaživeti izven varnega zavetja širše skupnosti. Izobčenje v tistem času seveda ni bila šala. In kot da pomanjkanje živeža ne bi bilo dovolj, se začno nad družino zgrinjati sence bližnjega gozda, v katerem prebiva stara čarovnica, ki ob prvi priložnosti izmakne najmlajšega sinčka. (Deseta umetnost)

[ENG]

In this exquisitely made and terrifying new horror film, the age-old concepts of witchcraft, black magic and possession are innovatively brought together to tell the intimate and riveting story of one family's frightful unraveling in the New England wilderness circa 1630. New England, 1630. Upon threat of banishment by the church, an English farmer leaves his colonial plantation, relocating his wife and five children to a remote plot of land on the edge of an ominous forest - within which lurks an unknown evil. Strange and unsettling things begin to happen almost immediately - animals turn malevolent, crops fail, and one child disappears as another becomes seemingly possessed by an evil spirit. With suspicion and paranoia mounting, family members accuse teenage daughter Thomasin of witchcraft, charges she adamantly denies. As circumstances grow more treacherous, each family member's faith, loyalty and love become tested in shocking and unforgettable ways. Writer/director Robert Eggers' debut feature, which premiered to great acclaim at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival - winning the Best Director Prize in the U.S. Narrative Competition - painstakingly recreates a God-fearing New England decades before the 1692 Salem witch trials, in which religious convictions tragically turned to mass hysteria. Told through the eyes of the adolescent Thomasin - in a star-making turn by newcomer Anya Taylor-Joy - and supported by mesmerizing camera work and a powerful musical score, THE WITCH is a chilling and groundbreaking new take on the genre.

[RT Critics Consensus]

As thought-provoking as it is visually compelling, The Witch delivers a deeply unsettling exercise in slow-building horror that suggests great things for debuting writer-director Robert Eggers.

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