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Impeccable debut by Eggers, a satisfying and unsettling dark fairy tale on the themes of religious bigotry and witchcraft with a Bergman-esque echo ('The Virgin Spring'), which uses the supernatural as a means to tell the self-destruction of a family victim to their own religious extremism and mutual wounds and resentments. The visual medium is excellent, able to recreate a subtly eerie yet damned seductive environment, accompanied by a beautifully crafted screenplay that brings spontaneity and care to all the characters. Perhaps the ending (although shot incredibly well) tends to break the aura of ambiguity surrounding the story by offering a singular interpretation, but it works just fine as is. A film that thrives on continuous and splendid suggestions.