You Won’t Be Alone: A Witch Learns What It Means to Be Human
Drawing on Macedonian folklore, director Goran Stolevski has made an erotically-charged tale about the quest for identity in his art horror film.
The villagers refer to her as Old Maid Maria, invoking the witch’s name in order to make children behave.
But the Wolf-Eateress — or Volkojatka, as the superstitious peasants call this shape-shifting witch — is more than just a scary story in “You Won’t Be Alone.”
The adults also believe in Old Maid Maria: with her sharp black claws, she has terrorized the countryside for two centuries, surviving on the blood of newborns and wild animals. Turns out, that very long ago, she wanted a child of her own.
Macedonia-born writer-director Goran Stolevski shows Old Maid Maria in the film’s opening; horror movies typically try to keep the monster hidden for as long as possible.
Romanian actor Anamaria Marinca (4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days) reveals herself early as the Wolf-Eateress. But it’s her backstory, not appearance, that haunts, and asking viewers the representation of witches.
