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SWEDEN · 1960
Jungfrukällan
Synopsis
Devout Christians Töre and Märeta send their only daughter, the virginal Karin, and their foster daughter, the unrepentant Ingeri, to deliver candles to a distant church. On their way through the woods, the girls encounter a group of savage goat herders who brutally rape and murder Karin as Ingeri remains hidden. When the killers unwittingly seek refuge in the farmhouse of Töre and Märeta, Töre pl
Cinematic DNA
I saw that film [The Virgin Spring] in film school. It was, of course, a great film. It was the simplicity of the story and the very simple and direct emotion that was felt from that film. I thought it was very primal. And it occurred to me that that was a very accessible, direct story, and that it would be interesting to do a contemporary version of it. So I just updated it with the music and the setting and the clothing, and made the dialogue more like it was being spoken then, but basically t
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