A burglar (Marc van Uchelen) gets caught breaking into the farm of an old woman (Viviane de Muynck). She's obsessed with religion. Her body is covered with sores. Things get weird.
She believes that the thief is there by divine intervention and she must enact his penance, which means forcing him to slaughter a pig and lick her body, which is a horrifying moment in direct contrast to the barren and beautiful location that this is set at.
He remains handcuffed throughout as they both throw Biblical passages at one another and battle for some kind of power over one another. She sees herself as Job, afflicted with sores of some plague. We never see her face.
For an early film, Dark Light proves the talent of its creator, director and writer Martin Koolhoven.
She believes that the thief is there by divine intervention and she must enact his penance, which means forcing him to slaughter a pig and lick her body, which is a horrifying moment in direct contrast to the barren and beautiful location that this is set at.
He remains handcuffed throughout as they both throw Biblical passages at one another and battle for some kind of power over one another. She sees herself as Job, afflicted with sores of some plague. We never see her face.
For an early film, Dark Light proves the talent of its creator, director and writer Martin Koolhoven.
