The film takes place in 1263 with the plague killing people. A band of folks leave the village and head into the forest. They come across an ancient forest, but there is something there like a moss man. The people make an agreement that they will be allowed to stay as long they only take what they need and no more. However, in spite of their meager existence, they had taken more than they need, more than the forest can sustain, and now the humans must be returned to the earth or something like that. I guess that was the environmental message.
I didn't fully grasp what was going on with the characters who we never got to know, even after two hours. I thought the film was going to be over (hoping anyway) then a pregnant woman shows up. They spoke some sort of English that was meant to sound old, but wasn't anything real. Apparently the Jikirag eats children, but I don't know why or how that entered into the agreement. I had no idea what he was eating under the torches, but it seemed magical and important. I felt like the film was missing something, or an idiot shot and edited it. I believe the film would be better if they gutted the dialogue and let Monty Python add their own.
Guide: C-world, No sex. Distant nudity (Jessica Moutray).
I didn't fully grasp what was going on with the characters who we never got to know, even after two hours. I thought the film was going to be over (hoping anyway) then a pregnant woman shows up. They spoke some sort of English that was meant to sound old, but wasn't anything real. Apparently the Jikirag eats children, but I don't know why or how that entered into the agreement. I had no idea what he was eating under the torches, but it seemed magical and important. I felt like the film was missing something, or an idiot shot and edited it. I believe the film would be better if they gutted the dialogue and let Monty Python add their own.
Guide: C-world, No sex. Distant nudity (Jessica Moutray).
