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Movie trigger warnings: bullying, sexism, (mild) domestic abuse, sexual assault.

Number of jumpscares: 0.5 (literally barely a jumpscare once)

Review: Honestly one of the best pieces of Romanian cinema I've seen until now, and just a really good horror/thriller movie. It captures really beautifully what it meant to live in the 19th century rural Romania, along with the accurate traditional house, cutlery and clothes.

The two main actors are absolute legends, and the kids do an amazing job.

The filming is pretty well done, with very desaturated colors pushing the difficult lifestyle of the poor family.

Editing is decent, a few fast cuts here and there, but nothing to be offended by.

Sound design is pretty good, the soundtrack being played on traditional instruments, only note would be that at times you can't hear the dialogue due to the music being quite loud.

All in all, a pretty dope watch, biases aside, a solid 8/10.

The story by Creanga upon which this is based is essential reading in elementary school and a cautionary tale for children which has been adapted many times, perhaps most famously in the rock musical "Mama" (1976). This is a fond memory for many Romanians, so quite a few will be peeved to see it turned into a folk horror piece (like the infinitely worse Winnie the Pooh gore).

But I am from Transylvania and the story made sense in the past as there are many small farms scattered in the countryside which used to be targeted by thieves. Also, there are lots of stories about people turning crazy in our long winters, so this somber uptake is more on point than city dwellers may believe. We invented werewolves, after all (not vampires, they're from Serbia). The finish is how the story actually ends so it's more brutal than Little Red Riding Hood.

Maia Morgenstern is an icon of 1990s cinema, her best known film is probably "The Oak" (1992) by Lucian Pintilie but she hasn't done much in the past years, this is a great comeback for her.

The stories of Ion Creanga are an obligatory read for every Romanian kid. We grew up with his tales, one of the most famous being Capra cu trei iezi. Only later, as adults we truly understand this is hardly a children's story and more a horror/thriller one. Victor Canache and his team did an amazing job on this story, honoring Romanian folklore yet bringing a breath of fresh air on a tale as old as time. The music creates and eery setting and contributes to the thrill. Maia Morgenstein is incredible as always and Marius Bodochi's rendition of the wolf is guaranteed to scare the **** out of anyone. Congrats and we are looking forward to more from the director.

In my case, the kick to see this film was the hard work , the impressive perseverance of Victor Canache to make it. A beautiful effort, two well known Romanian actors, two local boys from village offering a decent job, one , Antonio Gavrila offering a nice surprise for his good acting and inspired music and cinematography.

It is adaptation, faithfull in good way to a so familiar folk story by Ion Creanga. A story absolutely creepy in details, part of many Romanian childhood memories.

I am far to consider this film a masterpiece or be very critic about it. I am doubts than it is a real horror. Yes, the dialogue sounds not so good but , being a familiar one, it is just difficult to impress. But it represents more than good intentions. It is, in essence, a good first step , the potential of Romanian folk literature, fairy tales or balads being just generous.

Is it a orror ? I am not real convinced about this few scenes being more crowned by my smiles.

But it is more than a decent film and, for few reasons, it can be defined as temerary.

It is a honest perspective about social realities, offering decent portrait of single mother of isolated place, the realistic image of alliance relative hoping conquer the heart of widow and, rejected being, his terrible, sadistic revenge.

In some measure, the revenge, against fate, against the answer of woman affecting the ego of pretender, the revenge of painful mother are the basic pieces defining this film.

The good memory, for me, about the film, is represented by the first scenes - the fire affecting the grenary as first sign of a story of sufference.

The kids are just good, maybe better than Maia Morgenstern and Marius Bodochi, captives of their theatral skills and front to not very easy text for its stringency.

Critics - the mixture of pieces of popular clothes from different regions of Romania. The cross on wall, covered by blood and Lupul making a gesture who reminds shfeshtania in Greek Orthhodox confession , having the status very closed by blasphemia in this case.

In hort, with not so reduced reserves, a sort of well done for Victor Canache and his team, for their significant sacrifices to made this film .

Capra cu trei iezi is a romanian horror period piece featuring Maia Morgenstern and directed by Victor Canache.

This is an adaptation of the iconic fairytale from Romania 1875 by Ion Creanga. But unlike other fairytale adaptations, it's a much darker and adult take on the story.

As a drama, this movie is great. The actors bring this characthers to life in an impressive way. The movie is pretty short, each scene being relevant to the plot and I wasn't bored (almost) at all. The direction is immaculate: the editing and cinematography do a spectacular job of showing this quiet, isolated setting with a dark and misterious tone. The characthers, while barely of them likeable, have nice interactions that keep you engaged to see what will happen next

But enough with the hyperbolized praises, let's talk about the worst part of the movie: the horror element. As a horror movie, this is honestly the worst the genre has to offer. Overall tense and scary scenes are ruined by corny, out of touch editing that makes the movie feel like a parody. Characthers like Nanasu feel like carichatures, because the movie wants to take ths intimidating villain and make him some blood thristy maniac that comes off more like some Batman 1965 villain, rather than an unstoppable force. Also the characters, just like I've said, are unlikeable. And not just the villain: all of them. In this movie, unless you're a mean, grumpy person or downright a piece of trash, you have little to no power in this world. The mother is always angry and mean to her kids, sometimes even to the little kid who is presented as a pure heroic underdog. And I know that her older kids are mean pieces of rubbish too, but when they're eventually killed, it doesn't really feel like they're the victims 'cause 1. They're unlikeable, non-relatable brats and 2. They pretty much guilty of their deaths. And of course I'm sorry, but if the movie put them in a somewhat more positive spot, their deaths would've felt much sadder, since the audience had an emotional connection with them.

So yeah, it's flawed, but I don't think it's bad like others say.

Saw this movie at the cinema last night with my wife and we wore absolutely mesmerized by the amazing nature shots, the overall mood of this movie. I think this is more than just a horror story, it's a slice of the Romanian life in the mountains in the middle of nature.

I'd categorize this movie in the Folk Horror genre and it's a fresh approach for the romanian cinematography.

As a foreigner you will feel even more intrigued not knowing the centuries old folk story that we wore told as kids from generation to generation.

Enjoy this gem ! And remember: never open the door to a stranger, you'll never know what can happen.

I went into this movie with my only expectation being good cinematography and stayed for everything else.

(I should mention, this is *not* an exploration intro Romanian folklore or traditions which is why many people, other Romanians, don't like it. But opinions are split. Without the bias this is a good movie)

It's a great movie that definitely overcomes its small budget. There's no monster more terrifying than human nature and I think the psychological horror here shows it quite well.

The actors are really good and not even the child actors feel jarring.

I think that what most people get wrong about it is the idea that it will stick to folklore which is ultimately quite a stupid thing to expect from a psychological horror slasher. It keeps the main idea of the folk tale and frankly even though it's predictable it still surpasses expectations.

Yes it has its hiccups hence why it's not a 10/10. The child actors do have their ups and downs, some things are left a little too disturbingly vague (although this is just my personal opinion and some may see them as a good thing), and of course what I can only assume are limitations considering the budget of the movie

But comparing this to other recent horror movies this is really good. No jumpscares, no bad CGI, this movie although not perfect is very much a treat. I highly recommend it.

A very good film with few actors.

Very well played, the script is simple and effective.

Maybe for some who watch the movie it seems too harsh.

Ion Creanga's story is really hard, many have probably overlooked it.

I read again the story, the text in the movie is almost identical to the one in the story.

Maybe some people want spectacular effects, this movie is not for them.

I hope more films like this are made, it is needed.

The footage is very good, of high quality, despite the low budget of the film.

It is only a beginning for such films, it has been shown that it is also possible.

I watched the director's interview, it has potential.

Of course, there will also be active hatters, who probably criticize any film, nothing satisfies them.

This movie could've had so much potential, up there with A24 movies, but alas, it was wasted.

Unfortunately the writer / director must have never seen a horror movie in his life, because he thinks loud noises are what make a scene scary. There is no suspense, there is no tension, there is almost 0 action for the entirety of the movie. If it was supposed to be scary, they must've meant for any 3 year olds in the audience. There's also bad actors that think they're on a theatre stage ( a staple of romanian cinema ) with a monotone and LOUD way of reciting each line, like they're in the 1940s and microphones are still bad quality. They have no idea what it means to get lost in a character. Characters which by the way are absolutely paper thin. The story is inspired by a romanian folk story, but that doesn't mean they couldn't have fleshed them out at least a little bit. Or the story. Or do anything other than this absolute bore fest.

People at my showing were laughing and rolling their eyes instead of being tense and yelping, and I think that says it all. The 3 stars are for the archaic way of talking ( which was awfully interpreted though ) and the mountain views. That's it.

One of few romanian horrors, but exceptional. The director knows exactly what he wanted: to show everyone how romanian people were struggling to live everyday, in the 19th century (but no difference even with earlier times), surrounded with traitors and enemies. Even if it's inspired from a romanian story, the caracters are transformed into humans and reveals that we are the most dangerous beings, and human nature goes hand in hand with destruction (and revenge). For a romanian who knows the story, the movie can be boring - i think, BUT, for someone who doesn't - i recommend. It's one of those horrors that u will never forget, even if it's a low budget movie without great effects. It's one for the foreigners, so if u are NOT a romanian, press play, and u won't regret it!!!

Knowing the story that the movie is based on and knowing the story behind the movie, makes me appreciate this production even more.

The production quality based on the budget is amazing, they really managed to keep us right on the edge with the script and offer us visual comfort through the landscapes and representation of the Romanian countryside household.

It really was refreshing to watch a quality Romanian movie which brought back to the public eye a well known folk story with a powerful message.

And last but not least, the iconic actors were a perfect match for their roles. I would definitely not want to meet with the "wolf" by accident on the streets.

It's a 10 for me!

Story wise the movie is great, it keeps all the elements of the children's story, unfortunately that's all it dose.

It feels like the dialogue was taken from the story and read by the actors and I do mean read. The short and to the point dialogue from the bead time story was enough as a child to make your imagination kindle.

Keeping the same dialogue for the movie tunnels you into a bad, recorded, theatre performance that is this movie.

Although Maia is very known for her acting career, this one is one of her weakest performance's, a good cry does not make a good actress.

I wold love to see more Romanian movies in the future.

Everything was of quality in this film: the soundtrack, the direction, the acting, the scenography. It left room for the continuation of the mental game, for suspense and for the viewer's imagination. The movie is very good, what was missing is a bit of special effects. The goat's dream could have shown a face of the wolf monster, for example. He could have added screams of children who are lost in the distance... it's the style of The Silence of the Lambs, where the image of a sadistic cannibal takes shape. Otherwise, I really liked it. I hope that the future film made by this director will have 1-3 million euros for special effects as well.

I'll give it 2 stars because the atmosphere, the tone and the sounds are pretty good, and some scenes have a little bit of suspense. Other than this, the story is exactly, word by word, like the original story, but instead of goat and wolf, it has people.

This movie doesn't bring anything new to the story. It has people but they behave exactly as in the story. The villain has no reason to kill the kids, he just do it. The director could have invented some story of lost love, betrayal, something in the past between the goat and the wolf. There is none.

The number of characters are extremely limited, basically is a movie with 5 actors. Like a theatre scene. And there are a lot of filler scenes where absolutely nothing happens, and I mean totally nothing. Like 3-4min where the goat gathers some wood in the forest. I'm sure those scenes are just to create a movie 1.5h long, and I'm glad I had some buttons to speed up the movie.

It's a romanian movie that doesn't rise above the general country level, which is light-years away from Hollywood movies, even the bad ones.

Time wasted, I'm glad I did not waste also money, since I did not watch it in the cinema.

Capra cu trei iezi (The goat and her three kids) is the best romanian movie and as romanian I hope this is the only beggining. Sound is very good with romanian traditional music (sometimes), the movie has been filmed in a beautiful place. Acting also was very good. Congratulations to Victor Canache, he did a great job and opened our doors to the world with romanian horror movies because we have horror stories to tell, balkan type. Maia Morgenstein and Marius Bodochi did a great job too. Don't watch this movie with your kid! Also not only romanians can watch this, everyone in this world can watch this movie without any problem. It's based on a story by Ion Creanga (romanian writer) but it's a good horror story.

This film is inspired by opera of the same name "Goat with 3 kids" written by one of the most famous Romanian writers. In the film, there are some attributes of the literary work, but we can also say that there are also original elements. The action is captivating, interesting but also frightening. The surroundings, the panorama and the costumes of the actors make us think of the old times and the living of our ancestors. It is the perfect film for a man who is passionate and curious about the language and culture Romanian old. I highly recommend this well-structured and nuanced film!

I recommend this movie!

Every romanian has probably read and/or knows the story, so if you want to turn it into a horror / thriller it would take a lot more than some music and dark weather shots.

The camera movement is horrible, the director tried to put folklore, art movies, theatrical acting, drama, scenery, thriller, music, traditions, music, emotions, life advice etc into 1h30 of a very well known "kids" story. It resulted in an absolute bore that you can't possibly take seriously enough to even give it a chance.

There is no buildup, the characters are exaggerated yet very plain and I don't understand why they needed to traumatize the poor children actors. Awful, I want that 1h30 of my life back.

"7, 7" is an insult to the art of cinematography. There's no excuse for this movie's existence. The "genius" writer, who should give up filmmaking immediately, took an already horrific traditional tale and simply copy-pasted it with human characters. Everything happens for no reason, which is abundantly clear from the flat, overdramatic dialogue. How this script secured production funds remains one of the mysteries of Romanian cinematography. This movie is yet another shameful attempt at a so-called Romanian movie industry revival. Of course, the public is also to blame for such a nomination, as they seem to have lost their objective thinking and genuinely enjoy such nonsense.

This is a perspective of old Romanian folklore story. The actors are balanced in expressing the emotion, even in the frightful moments, you can read the fear on Maia Morgenstern (known for Mary role in "The passion of the Christ" by Mel Gibson) The few horror moments are the expression of unknown danger, that we can find in real world, and for sure it happened somewhere on earth. The outfit is similar to the one that was used in that period, and all the tools and comfort is very good shown to the viewer.

I recommend this movie as a small and interesting glimpse of history, also, it shows the harsh environment that impacted our ancestors in old times. This is something that is improbable in our days, but in that past, it was very much possible.

This movie is just horrible. It's a plot imagined by a sick person. I hope he finds treatment soon. He really needs it. Ith has nothing to do with anything good in this world. I've regret watching this, it was just a complete waste of time.

Ultimately, I found myself wondering what the point of the movie was. What was the director trying to say with all the violence and disturbing content? Was there some deeper message that I was missing? Sadly, the answer seemed to be no. The movie felt like a hollow, empty experience, designed solely to shock and upset viewers. While I can appreciate the technical skill that went into making the movie, I can't say that I enjoyed the experience of watching it.

In conclusion, I would not recommend this movie to anyone. While I understand that everyone has different tastes, I truly believe that this movie is simply too unpleasant and thoughtless to be worth anyone's time. If you're looking for a movie that explores taboo topics in a meaningful and respectful way, there are plenty of better options out there. Save yourself the discomfort and disappointment, and look elsewhere for your next film.