The old witch comes to claim the infant, but her mother resists, and makes a deal with the witch. Let her keep her for 16 years, and then you can have her for the remainder of your witch years. She then thinks of locking the baby away in a sanctuary where the witch cannot enter is the solution but when she reaches 16, her plan doesn't work. And she comes out from isolation really knowing little. She needs to be taught the ways of the village. And the real horror of the movie is the life in the village. To be a woman is to be nothing. One keeps in silence when the man is in the house, and once they have finished eating, one can have the scraps. And there seems to be an acceptance that there is a Wolf-eater-ess around, and that witch can take on different shapes. And when her fingernails extend, one knows something bad is about to happen. For many the story is too slow, it is not flashy and it goes along plodding. We first see the old witch as severely burned, but how is only later shown. One has to want to see where the movie is headed, rather than can't wait to see how it ends.
Review of You Won't Be Alone
