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n #@exce, : ssive^;ly puritani^cal Dutch v(%ill=,,]age. Blamed by ?,her co%^mmu)@n]`:ity fo
_/r being childless, Fr#]_^ied(a immerses herself in prayer a/nd ritual. $When she $r[_]eturns unscathed from t)he forbid
den forest surroundin @,\g(# %,!?the^ v*illage, h#/aving ev^aded, a ;^_lecherous)! b:u ,`tcher,(\  she is co(`n-+,dem?#)ne.d as an agent of[ the d],e?@vil. Frieda`*, however,) finds new fai@,th!$
#in the d_$a#r:+ k p*_?ower[@:s that inhab]\ \i @t the woods.　　Shot i_\n a reduced colour (%.palette\
at ^the edg$%e o:^-f visi! )bility, Kon?.in\g?; s’ grippi /ng# .fi;**/lm= constructs a convincing pr*.(e-modern soc^iety^# whose pract ;ic:]*es it eluci+da?tes w:ith p atience/ a:+nd attention. Although set in]?: the Middle Ages,./ Witte: Wieven d^isplays an, unmistaka!\`bly c?*ontemporary )sp%:irit , craft]] ing a !fe%m$ i?]nis ?t pa\rable about ]!wo_/:men dis !`coveri\ ng new ways of *understand ing their #@live.s and the( world.