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Gretel e Hansel

2020
8
Director: 
Oz Perkins

SYNOPSIS: 

The young Gretel together with her little brother Hansel, kicked out of the house by their mad mother, decide to go into the woods in a desperate search for food and shelter, but they do not know that the forest is full of dangers and mortal dangers.

REVIEW: 

A reinterpretation at times unpublished of the famous Grimm fairy tale, by the director son of art Oz Perkins who wanted to distort the original story by making major changes.

Gretel is the real protagonist of the film, here becoming the older sister, the witch instead seems more like a modern Wicca with a very hostile attitude towards the male gender who lives in a house that is not at all colorful and inviting but rather dark and disturbing. Furthermore, the story is marked by a strong feminist imprint. 

There is little horror in this film but a lot of dark folkloristic atmosphere of a black fairy tale, every single shot is a small photographic masterpiece, the scenes in the woods both during the day and at night are nothing short of a marvel.

The actresses are very intense and convincing. The only criticism that could be made is the ending of the film, which is too hasty, where the wicked witch succumbs to the girl in a foolish way.

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