Questions about the labyrinth behind the mill.....

Rating: 10/10 (14 January 2007)

What a beautiful, sad, haunting film. My friend and I can't stop talking about it. Definitely an award winner. We were wondering: Why there was a labyrinth behind the mill? Was the stairway to a pit actually there and if so, what would it have been used for? The film does acknowledge that the mill and house are hundreds of years old. Merecedes says that the labyrinth has been there for a long time. Historically, were labyrinths built as a punishment? As a type of prison? As a form of recreation, much like corn mazes that you can experience today? It seemed like such an unusual thing to have on a mill/farm.