BBCNEWS The Film Review June 4, 2024 22:51:00
But somehow the ground, the earth, the history of everything that happened in the place that she's at somehow gives her strength. rather than it becoming horrifying, it gives her some kind of dreamy strength. now, the director calls it "a psychological horror "about a woman's expunging of her trauma through dreams" and says it's about revenge, the unconscious and the power of nature. i think that's a very good description. i'd also say that it's a very tactile film. it feels very... you know, i was saying this wasn't true of where the crawdads sing, it feels like it has its feet and its finger...