In rigid religious community a woman kills her husband releasing an evil force.
I don't know what a I feel about this film. There are somethings that I love and there are some things I don't. I'm kind of left wondering if this would have been better in a different form.
The two things that are working against the film are first the film is very talky. There are lots of conversations and speeches. It's not so much that it's talky it's more that the conversations are just people sitting and talking, often sitting as if they were directed to sit that way and not in the way people who walked in would sit. As for the speechifying it's often just someone addressing the camera. It never feels real, it feels like a theatrical moment. (actually many of the shots feel theatrical)
The other problem is that the film feels padded. While film is 80 minutes long (74 minus end credits) it still feels padded. Some of this probably could have been trimmed.
On the other hand there is something about the film that I can't shake. There is an oppressive mood that I like. There are some creepy images, especially the dark figure that seems to causing everything to happen. Additionally the story is really good.
Several days on I'm still pondering.
Do yourself a favor and read some other reviews and decide for yourself if you want to see the film.
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