directed by: Sébastien Laudenjo, year: 2016
actors: Anaïs Demougeot

An austere, lyrical adaptation of the Brothers Grimm tale that uses minimalist, hand-crafted animation to tell the trials of a young girl who is cursed, betrayed, and tested by fate after her father’s misjudgments, a merciless world, and a malevolent spirit compel her to sever ties with her body and dignity. The film unfolds in stark red-and-white imagery, hushed sound design, and intimate close-ups, inviting introspection about resilience, faith, autonomy, and the price of survival in a brutal fairy-tale universe.

Myth, Animation, Stop Motion, Fairy Tale, Drama, European Cinema