The young girl Jenny is travelling the island of Madeira during winter with her father, a botanic, and a local guide. Jenny starts having visions and is imagining attacks by the native man, appearing as a faun in her vision.
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In the heart of winter, on the stark, beautiful island of Madeira, a young girl named Jenny embarks on a journey with her botanist father and a taciturn local guide. What begins as a scientific expedition quickly devolves into a chilling psychological unraveling for Jenny. Amidst the island’s ancient landscapes and the isolating chill, she starts to experience vivid, disturbing visions. These are not mere daydreams, but terrifying assaults on her perception, manifesting as a primal, faun-like figure. This entity, a distorted echo of the local man accompanying them, becomes the terrifying embodiment of her internal turmoil, blurring the lines between external reality, indigenous folklore, and a burgeoning, unsettling psychosis.
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Portugal
1920 · IMDb —
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