Beautifully filmed, intriguing, but there are holes *SPOILERS*

Rating: Null/10 (4 August 2004)

A bucolic 19th century village set in the middle of a dangerous forest. No one may ever leave lest they be killed by the creatures that roam the woods.
When the suggestion of leaving comes up, bad things happen to remind them that the creature won't let them leave.
The premise that a group of people would withdraw from the world and create their own Utopian world is not new, nor unique. Communes serve the same purpose. The premise that they would force others to stay through fear is also not unique...it's a sociological reality in many cults.
However, the large holes come about because of the way they were living. Who carved the elaborate headstones seen in the opening scenes? Where did the large blocks of marble come from? Where did they get the eyeglasses several of them wear? Lamp oil? Bricks? Canning jars? Shoes? I hate to pour cold water on the ideas, but this was not a fully self-sufficient enterprise, therefore SOMEONE had to be leaving and going to the "towns" on a regular basis. I would assume if they could go get marble and lamp oil then they could also pick up some amoxicillin on the way home.
Nice prospect, interesting twist, gorgeous cinematography, but highly logistically unlikely.