To escape a deadly virus, a father drives his family to the remote countryside where they are given refuge by a farmer. But after the brutal slaughter of a cow and an encounter with a demonic woman in the forest, they soon discover that the farm is no safe haven.
GRIMMFEST SAYS: A stark and startling post-Pandemic Parable, this feels initially a little like a Western transposed to rural Italy – a dysfunctional family on an isolated farmstead, whose already fragile existence is thrown into disarray and ultimately destroyed by the arrival of some outsider, or outsiders, who may or may not wish them harm. But before long, the narrative grows more elusive and enigmatic, adding a twist of Folk Horror and Fairy Tale into the mix, an added layer of mystery which shifts the film into a far less naturalistic vein. Beautifully visualised, with lush, painterly compositions and dramatic chiaroscuro lighting, this is a subtly unsettling, quietly haunting tale of alienation, dark family secrets, and sinister beliefs that gradually pulls you in, and slowly works its magic.