Heresy (2024)

[bunniefuu]

[Crows cawing]

- [Praying in Dutch]

[Dog barking]

[Indistinct conversations,

shouting]

[Cup thuds]

[In Dutch] You shouldn't

hide it from me.

God is with us.

[Bell tolling]

[In Dutch]

Almighty, eternal God.

Through your grace, fulfill the

desire of Your servant.

And turn the shame of

infertility away from me.

I have-

[Crow cawing]

[In Dutch] Lord...

Your love and faithfulness

are infinite, You are always with me.

[Panting]

[Animal calls]

[In Dutch] Look with compassion

upon Your sinners.

For we all have sin.

Forgive Gelo, as You

have forgiven each one of us.

And do not lead us

into temptation...

but deliver us

from the grip of evil.

I forgive you your sins...

Gelo.

Father.

[Chuckles]

Oh Frieda.

One more time.

In the name of God. You said it

yourself: God shines His light mercifully today.

One more time.

In the name of God.

[Indistinct conversations]

[In Dutch]

How can God allow this?

I feel...

...hollow.

Maybe I'll go into

the shadow of the forest.

Perhaps that's better.

Disappear into the fog.

Please don't say that, Sasha.

God's house has many rooms.

There is space for everyone.

Yes.

But not here.

[Geese honking]

[Metal clanging]

[In Dutch] Soft bones, clean

guts. You can eat it right away.

I prefer them fully grown.

And I prefer them

small and weak.

[Knife chopping]

Frieda,

fresh corpse-beggars for you.

- Given from His gentle hand.

- Praise Him.

- Given from His gentle hand.

- Praise Him.

Given from His gentle hand.

In lust, two are to blame.

That's what the father says,

right?

- I said no.

- Stay away from me.

Are you always this resistant,

huh?

Who will help you then?

In a childless marriage.

Frieda.

- I can help you.

- Never, never with you.

Then who else?

[Rain falling]

[Sheep bleating]

[In Dutch] ...the Father, the

Son, and the Holy Spirit. Amen.

Lord, You have compassion for

the suffering of the barren.

Give with grace, so that

Your servant may fulfill her true duty in this life.

Let her go out...

and help her bring a child

into the world.

Bury it now in a place

only you know, so that the urine remains untouched.

If the next day you find worms

within the bowl- - then my womb is barren.

[Fire crackling]

[In Dutch] Lord, bless us and

these gifts, which we receive through Your kindness.

Through Christ our Lord.

Amen.

Mm.

Fertility test?

Beautiful.

With God's blessing.

The boar was pregnant.

The Father thinks the meat can

help us, with our problem.

- Perhaps it's a sign-

- Don't you dare...

Never imply that

it's my problem, Frieda.

This is on you, only you,

not me.

[Indistinct conversations]

[In Dutch] Sweet girl.

Gelo.

[Crows cawing]

[Growls]

[Grunting]

[Screams]

[Growls]

[Gasps]

[Growls]

[Choking]

If you won't let me help you,

then die. Just die!

Come on, my-

[Grunts]

[Gurgling]

[Creature yowls]

[Footsteps]

[Gasps]

[Creature yowls]

[Creature yowling]

[Villagers singing in Dutch]

[Crying]

[Speaking Dutch]

[Murmuring]

- [In Dutch] Frieda.

- What happened?

[Rain falling]

[Thump]

[In Dutch] Hikko.

[Thumping]

Hikko, Hikko.

[Thumping]

[Thunder crashes]

[Knocking on door]

[In Dutch] Frieda.

Frieda, open the door.

Frieda.

No one should ever go near

that dark forest.

- No, Gelo-

- No, you.

What in God's name is a woman

doing in those devilish woods?

You bear the curse

and curse those around you.

No woman has ever returned alive

from that forest.

She doesn't have a single

scratch on her.

The barren one conspires

with the Devil.

She should be banished

from the village.

[Breathing shakily]

[In Dutch] Gelo.

[Men shouting in Dutch]

Gelo.

[Vomiting]

Lord God, you have given me

the power to cast out the Devil.

What in God's name?

It's Gelo.

It's Gelo!

Burn it back to hell

where it belongs.

- But it's Gelo.

- Set that devilish tree on fire, damn it.

- Wisund.

- Now.

[Screams]

He's alive.

[Creature shrieks]

[Snarling]

Get out.

[Breathing shakily]

[Creature shrieks]

[Whimpers]

[Footsteps]

[Trees creaking]

[In Dutch] I pray to You,

to anyone, hear me.

Frieda, my love.

She conspires with the Devil.

Those aren't angels.

Oh, my God, please.

Stay with her.

She conspires with the Devil.

I'm losing her.

My Frieda, Frieda.

Frieda, stay with us.

She speaks with the Devil.

Be careful, careful, Frieda.

It's the Devil.

[Gasps]

[Breathing heavily]

[In Dutch] Oh, my Lord.

Hear me my Lord.

Your servant-

Lord, I have sinned.

Those demons in the fog-

I believed in them.

They seduced me

and imitated your voice.

Lord, please speak to me now.

They've invaded my dreams.

Deliver Your humble servant,

for this doubt is un-

You doubt the Lord?

You meet the Devil

in your dreams?

No, I have been deceived.

What have you done

in those dreams?

Have you seen the hellfire?

A lake of fire and brimstone?

Eyes that rain endless agony

with their gaze?

Everything you know now,

is only the beginning.

And you bring a curse upon us

all with your doubts.

Deliver me.

You must want to suffer

for your sins.

Like Christ on the cross.

Bleed.

[Whip cracking]

[In Dutch] You have to truly

want to atone, Frieda.

I see no real conviction here.

- [Whip cracks]

- [Screams]

Be quiet.

Be quiet, and suffer

as you should.

- [Whip cracks]

- [Screams]

Hikko, no.

It's my responsibility.

Frieda, no it's mine.

[Screams]

Hikko, Hikko.

[Crying]

God, my-

Frieda, Frieda?

[Crying]

- Frieda.

- Sasha, no.

- Father, let me.

- Go back inside.

Frieda, we can't help you.

- Go inside.

- Father.

Go to the Father.

We're sorry.

Go inside.

We're sorry, Frieda.

[Praying in Dutch]

[Crying]



[Creature shrieking]

[Footsteps]

[Shrieks]



[Animals calling]

[Murmuring]

[In Dutch] Hikko.

We thought you were dead.

Your return is-

It is a miracle from God, but-

But-

Our bed is no longer yours.

I'll make a new place

in the house.

[In Dutch]

Frieda is back with us...

but we are still

without our butcher.

- We are still without Gelo.

- Gelo.

- We must toast to Gelo.

- Yes, Gelo.

Gelo, glorious martyr.

The gates of heaven have

opened wide for you.

And there Gelo has received

the fruit from the tree of life.

Or was Gelo punished

for his sins?

Are you claiming

that the Father lies?

[Laughter]

Why did God let her live...

if she can't even do

what she's good for?

We should no longer believe

everything they say.

Beer.

[Laughs]

[In Dutch] Frieda?

[Gasping]

Frieda.

Has something strange

crawled into your clothing?

[Murmuring]

No, it seems fine to me.

- Fine?

- Yes.

[In Dutch] Frieda.

Frieda.

Frieda.

We can't be late

for the evening mass, can we?

[In Dutch] Show us Your grace,

Lord, our God.

Reaffirm the work of our hands.

The work of our hands,

reaffirm it. - ...affirm that.

In the name of the Father,

the Son, and the Holy Spirit.

- Amen.

- Amen.

Yes, amen.

Frieda.

Do you still know your prayers?

I have never forgotten them.

Now.

- Eternal, holy-

- No.

Almighty Lord.

And-

- Anna, mother of Virgin Mary-

- Stop.

A prayer never begins

with the woman, Frieda.

But always begins with the Lord

and only the Lord.

[Vomits]

Don't you see? That b*tch is

pregnant, pregnant I tell you.

Show her belly.

Lady Sibbia has seen it too.

This woman conspires

with the Devil.

Look what Gelo had discovered.

Devil worship!

No, Gelo was possessed by lust.

God watched over me.

- Gelo was the Devil there.

- Silence, woman.

My child is a miracle from God.

Yes, the Lord has listened

to her prayers.

Forgive us, Father.

Take Frieda to the punishment

cage, now!

- Go away.

- Get out.

Frieda, Frieda.

Take her away, now, before

she sows more lies of the Devil.

Our Father who art in heaven,

hallowed be Thy name.

Thy kingdom come.

- On earth as it is in heaven.

- God is with us.

[In Dutch]

Don't you dare, witch.

You destroy the devotion

of generations.

Deformed brood of vipers.

Hikko, boy.

Fulfill your duty.

Now is the time to become a man.

She's not worth the trouble.

Frieda.

Father Bartholomeus

wants to wait. He-

He wants to starve you

so that the snake of Satan comes out, but-

But the child-

The child-

The child must die.

It must be cut out

before it grows.

God screams it in my mind

all the time, all the time.

No, Hikko.

No.

No.

God commands it,

the child must die, Frieda.

- God is with us, Frieda.

- No, Hikko, no.

God is with us, Frieda.

The child must die.

The child must die.

Frieda, God commands it.

[Screams]

[Grunts]

[Roars]

[Panting]

[Breathing heavily]

[Coughing]

[Both crying]

[Crying stops]

Wisund.

Wisund.

Wisund.

Grab your torches,

we're going to the woods.

[Villagers conversing

indistinctly]

I've found her!

[Villagers shout]

[Grunts]

Our Father who art in heaven,

hallowed be Thy name.

Thy kingdom-

Thy kingdom come.

Thy will be done.

- On earth as it is in heaven.

- Hikko, are you sure?

It's the demons to blame,

not Frieda.

- Sunno, that isn't Frieda

anymore.

Silence. That's the Devil.

[Growling]

[Sobs]

[Screams]

Thy will be done,

on earth as it is in heaven.

- [Creature snarls]

- [Screams]

Get out.

My child, mine.

[Screams]

[Shouts]

Hikko.

[Crying]

[Shouting in Dutch]

Hikko.

Hikko.

That woman, that woman.

She is the Devil.

She is the Devil personified.

- Hikko.

- Sasha.

Sasha, Sasha, come here.

Sasha, come back with us.

Sasha.

[Heartbeat]