独来独往的工厂女工汉娜(萨拉·波莉 Sarah Polley 饰),由于听力不好而总是戴着助听器。不善交际的她在工作上一直任劳任怨,终于在数年后得到了第一个假期。然而出乎众人意料的是,一时间具足无措的她居然主动放弃了这个难得的机会,自愿前往一间海上石油钻井平台,照顾一位在事故中被严重烧伤暂时失明的男人约瑟夫(蒂姆·罗宾斯 Tim Robbins 饰)。 与世隔绝、荒凉枯燥的钻井平台,两颗饱受痛苦往事折磨的孤独灵魂,一段交织在秘密与真相间的微妙亲密关系。在汉娜的悉心照料下,约瑟夫终于敞开心扉,与此同时,汉娜也打破沉默,向他讲述起自己不为人知的凄惨遭遇。
Didier Konings’ simmering mediaeval horror Witte Wieven explores the confluence of religion and patriarchy in an excessively puritanical Dutch village. Blamed by her community for being childless, Frieda immerses herself in prayer and ritual. When she returns unscathed from the forbidden forest surrounding the village, having evaded a lecherous butcher, she is condemned as an agent of the devil. Frieda, however, finds new faith in the dark powers that inhabit the woods.
Shot in a reduced colour palette at the edge of visibility, Konings’ gripping film constructs a convincing pre-modern society whose practices it elucidates with patience and attention. Although set in the Middle Ages, Witte Wieven displays an unmistakably contemporary spirit, crafting a feminist parable about women discovering new ways of understanding their lives and the world.
The film is inspired by the true-to-life story of the discovery of the long-lost “Opus 28” manuscript from Norwegian composer Johan Halvorsen, originally performed in 1909 by Canadian violinist Kathleen Parlow, to whom the piece was dedicated.
Campbell portrays a student who seeks to complete her thesis on Parlow by organizing a public performance of “Opus 28” from Toronto to Oslo. The cast includes Dueñas, Melanie Scheiner, Eve Duranceau, Maxim Gaudette, Rosa-Johan Uddoh, and Eileen Davies.
Debt-ridden pacifist Richard Fyre is propositioned to return to his abandoned mercenary ways by flamboyant zealot, Priest, to eliminate his international competition in exchange for a clean slate.