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You Won't Be Alone (2022)
A beautiful yet horrifying meditation on how much humans take for granted
This movie honestly is unlike any film I have ever seen. Maybe it cannot be put in a genre, but if I had to pick one, I would pick drama. The film is for sensitive artistic people who like to think about a movie and the deep meaning afterward. I watched it 3 times before I understood it, and the first two times I was disappointed and confused how it got such a high rating by the critics. It is very Malick-Ian: ethereal, gorgeous scenery, and the directors plays around with minimalistic dialogue from the protagonist, Nevena, who is turned into a witch and continually shapeshifts-a violent and gory process-her way through 17th century Macedonia, starting as a woman, even trying out being a dog, a man, and eventually she... well, if you've read this far, I won't spoil the ending for you.
Horror films don't make you think like this film does. At first I thought the translation was terrible, but you have to keep in mind the main character, Nevena, was raised in a cave for 16 years and is very emotionally and socially stunted. This makes for an interesting premise because the simplest things, like chewing on straw, seeing the sun, feeling touched and loved and seen, tasting the dew from grass... MC is even mesmerized by water dripping off clothing on a clothesline and onto her face.
It makes you think, that life is precious and we all take for granted very basic things. There is so much beauty amongst the chaos and pain, and it's reflected well in her difficult journey of a witch learning what it means to be human. It means to suffer, but to find meaning in the suffering, and if we learn to open our hearts and refuse to be afraid, we may be lucky to experience unconditional and beautiful love and companionship.
"It's a burning, breaking thing, this world, a biting, wretching thing. And yet ... and yet ..."