Review by dannorder

Beatriz is Spanish with English subtitles. It takes place in a rural area in an undetermined time period that might as well be the dark ages, except there is a gun. It features a friar, outlaws, religious folk, an old witch-woman, a countess, her children and servants. Everyone believes in black magic, but it doesn't seem like it believes in them. Beatriz is the daughter, who, with the servant woman, are the objects of the men's lust. To a lesser extent, so is the countess. Only the old hermit woman who can't even walk and babbles superstition doesn't have someone hoping to win her heart, though a few of them visit her to ask questions about the things they do not understand. The movie is slow paced for most of its running time. It seems less like a horror movie and more like a European coming of age film.