Poison for the Fairies

Poison for the Fairies

1986 · 90 min · ES · 7.6 (92 votes)
Dir. Carlos Enrique Taboada · Starring Ana Patricia Rojo, Elsa Maria Gutierrez, Leonor Llausás, Carmela Stein, Maria Santander, Ernesto Schwartz · Music Carlos Jiménez Mabarak
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In 1965 Mexico City, Flavia, a wealthy yet lonely schoolgirl, befriends Veronica, a young orphan girl who has a fascination with witchcraft. Veronica convinces Flavia that she is a real witch and forces her to be her assistant. The children's games gradually become more serious and Veronica demands more from Flavia.

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A hauntingly beautiful, yet deeply unsettling exploration of childhood's darker impulses. It feels like a fever dream, where innocence slowly curdles into something sinister under the weight of manipulation and imagined power.

eerieunsettlingmelancholicchildlike dreadslow-burnarthousefolk horrormagical realisminnocence corruptedpower dynamicschildhoodsuperstition
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