Tanz der Unschuldigen (2020)

Tanz der Unschuldigen: Directed by Pablo Agüero. With Amaia Aberasturi, Alex Brendemühl, Daniel Fanego, Garazi Urkola. Basque Country, 1609. The men of the region are at sea and Amaia takes part for the first time in the nightly dances in the woods with the other villager girls. She is only 20. At dawn, they are all arrested.

“We are taken to 17th (not 16th) century Spain, where the Inquisition is trying to find evidence of witchcraft among the peasantry. A group of young girl/women are found and accused. Imprisoned and tortured they concoct a bizarre mess of a story about what the witches sabbath is about.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eIt seems that by confusing the clergy and their soldiers by ridiculous rituals they try over-power them and escape.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eSome have complained that u0026quot;Why donu0026#39;t they try to argue their case?u0026quot; Simply because it would be completely pointless – the whole inquisition wasnu0026#39;t about finding the truth, but to alleviate fears attributed to external forces (like witches). There was only one outcome of u0026quot;trialu0026quot; for those accused – death. Which is evident by one methods used – tow the accused to sea. If she floated she was a witch, guilty and should be killed, if she sank and drowned she was innocent.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe film depicts the atmosphere of these u0026quot;trialsu0026quot; in a believable manner, and the misfortunes the unlucky women faced. Well worth a watch – donu0026#39;t expect anything in the way of horror movie, it is not.”