Black Moon

Set on a remote rural road that becomes an overgrown path, the film moves between a windswept meadow and a secluded château on a hill. The grounds teem with animals and an uncanny atmosphere that underpins the story’s surreal episodes. The landscape blends pastoral calm with ominous hints of conflict, creating a dreamlike stage for Lily’s journey.

🌀 Surrealism

Reality in Black Moon unfolds with dream logic rather than linear causality. Telepathy, a talking unicorn, and a haunted château blur the line between the real and the fantastical. Animals and inanimate objects appear to respond as if conscious, guiding or thwarting Lily. The surreal atmosphere reframes fear, desire, and identity as mutable and uncertain.

⚔️ Conflict

A gender-based civil war looms over the narrative, with men and women attacking one another and militant groups forming within the countryside. Lily’s flight from violence and her encounters with armed figures reveal vulnerability and resilience under siege. The violence is stylized and pervasive, turning ordinary spaces into battlegrounds and dreamlike arenas. The war’s ambiguity challenges traditional heroism and villainy.

🤱 Motherhood & Care

Lily’s interactions with the old woman—caregiving moments and nourishment—explore nurturing as both intimate and unsettling. The film juxtaposes tenderness with strangeness, including breastfeeding the old woman and hints of a maternal bond with the unicorn. These scenes complicate conventional roles of caregiver and dependent in a world unraveling around them. Maternal imagery becomes a lens for longing, power, and vulnerability.