The only child of the chieftain (Karin) is sent to deliver candles with the pregnant servant (Ingeri) who is jealous of the girl since she is still untouched, young, brave, and naive. When they are on their way, she is attacked by the shepherds and only Ingeri makes it home again in remorse.
Before the rape happens we can see Ingeri almost wants her to feel the same way as she does and, to be hurt. I think this is the most attractive part of the story. The envy and the regret of the servant. The fact that she hates her and herself since she could not do anything about it.
I think the cinematography is great and the actors did an amazing job. The atmosphere adds a simple depth to the movie. We can really tell after the crime scene spring is over and suddenly winter begins. As snow drops on the dead girl. And after the vengeance of the father, it is suddenly spring again.
At some point, I was thinking maybe the movie tried to criticize the false reality of some religious people that belives "God would not allow such horror" but I do not think that is the case. Since at the end we see a spring that comes out from the ground as if she left it on the earth. This made me think that the movie tries to show us something miraculous about religion. However, maybe the director wanted to do both.
And finally why I gave 6/10. When I am watching, listening to a story, I do not like being fooled. I do not like it when the author or the director goes with what comes to mind first. Here, in this case, it is the question that I ask when I saw the girl going to the woods with her pregnant servant alone "In what world or time a chieftain, a father sends his only girl to the woods like this?" After seeing that I could not focus on the movie anymore. Again maybe this was the criticism. But still. I can not buy it. And also the fact that most of the movie was just a predictable set of events.
However, it is still better than most of the horror or drama in Hollywood.
Before the rape happens we can see Ingeri almost wants her to feel the same way as she does and, to be hurt. I think this is the most attractive part of the story. The envy and the regret of the servant. The fact that she hates her and herself since she could not do anything about it.
I think the cinematography is great and the actors did an amazing job. The atmosphere adds a simple depth to the movie. We can really tell after the crime scene spring is over and suddenly winter begins. As snow drops on the dead girl. And after the vengeance of the father, it is suddenly spring again.
At some point, I was thinking maybe the movie tried to criticize the false reality of some religious people that belives "God would not allow such horror" but I do not think that is the case. Since at the end we see a spring that comes out from the ground as if she left it on the earth. This made me think that the movie tries to show us something miraculous about religion. However, maybe the director wanted to do both.
And finally why I gave 6/10. When I am watching, listening to a story, I do not like being fooled. I do not like it when the author or the director goes with what comes to mind first. Here, in this case, it is the question that I ask when I saw the girl going to the woods with her pregnant servant alone "In what world or time a chieftain, a father sends his only girl to the woods like this?" After seeing that I could not focus on the movie anymore. Again maybe this was the criticism. But still. I can not buy it. And also the fact that most of the movie was just a predictable set of events.
However, it is still better than most of the horror or drama in Hollywood.