Cathy Lemons

An astoundingly beautiful film, life affirming. It is historically as accurate as any movie I have ever seen in observance of 19th century, daily, peasant life in eastern europe. The intimacy between the human subjects is spell binding, for example when they are cutting the wheat. Each actor is trully captivating and believable and each character is bound to the original young girl as if by magic, perhaps a different face but holding the awe and reverance for life that the "witch" possesses. Ultimately a study of good and evil.

An extraordinary movie. A beautifully crafted, multi-dimensional script with marvellous performances from every character. The author forces the audience to interpret the twists and turns of this story about the price of racism in America. The strange, love struck, emotional reaction to Claire (the princess from Chicago) from the exquisite but all too perfect lead is what makes this story so profound. And in turn isn't that part of the theme. Are we not all passing? Are we not all playing a self imposed part? What do we deny?