Uliana Izzat

The author makes her move to attack Ukrainian women with a sexist, condescending hateful comment on Instagram. There is no honour in a priviliged Western woman spreading hate speech against non privilidged women who are already attacked by a violent aggressor, just shame. There is no come back from this, and no apology will ever be accepted.

Most of the film is set in a forested area that is quite infamous for witches in reality. The eerie setting starts early on and the film dives into psychological twists in a very subtle way, which we later understand are actually the start of witchy happenings. The narrative however continues to cleverly interplay between real witchy stuff and actual psychological games till it reaches a point of no return. What helps keep it grounded is that the film is made of chaptures, and the time flow is clear. There is a clear ending that explains why the mother dissappeared, and it ties in the whole movie together really well, yet still has an intriguing open ending. Clever, just the right amount of disturbing and witchy, everything it sets out to be. It tickes all the boxes of expectations for a witchy movie.