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It breaks down into two parts: Hag (meaning "hedge" or "enclosure") and Zussa (related to "sitting" or "spirit"). Put together, Hagazussa does not simply mean "magic user." It literally translates to

Unlike the stereotypical broom-flying witch of the Renaissance, the Hagazussa is closer to the classical "shaman" or "night-hag." She is a creature of solitude, plague, and raw nature. This distinction is vital to understanding the 2017 film, because Feigelfeld does not make a movie about Satanic pacts or black magic spells. He makes a movie about a lonely woman dissolving into the landscape. Hagazussa

To appreciate Hagazussa , you must abandon conventional narrative expectations. The film is structured in four chapters, tracking the life of a woman named Albrun in the Austrian Alps during the Middle Ages. It breaks down into two parts: Hag (meaning

Young Albrun lives in isolation with her mother, who is ostracized by the village as a witch. After her mother dies a slow, agonizing death from the plague, Albrun is left alone. He makes a movie about a lonely woman