A hypnotic fever dream where folk horror meets a Lynch-inspired atmosphere
Judith, an emergency doctor from Berlin, inherits a house from the family who abandoned her as a child. Traveling with her husband to a remote Austrian village to sell the property, the two are met by her mysterious aunt and a community of smiling women who pressure her to stay. As buried memories surface through nightmares and hallucinations, Judith loses control over space, time, and her own will.
Prochaska’s latest is a mesmerizing descent into folk horror, where Lynchian atmospherics merge with Austrian rural dread. Julia Franz Richter anchors the hallucinatory journey with fierce conviction, while Carmen Treichl’s cinematography transforms pastoral landscapes into psychological labyrinths.
Andreas Prochaska is an Austrian filmmaker, editor, and screenwriter. He was the editor for several of Michael Haneke’s films, including Funny Games (1997) and Code Unknown (2000), before moving into directing. His debut feature Die 3 Posträuber (1998) was followed by the hit horror film Dead in 3 Days (2006). His acclaimed Western The Dark Valley (2014) premiered at Berlinale, won thirty awards, and was Austria’s submission for the 87th Academy Awards. He has also directed episodes of Kommissar Rex and the series Das Boot.
