Belladonna of Sadness

A peasant woman makes a pact with the devil after she’s banished from her village in order to gain magical powers and get revenge on those who wronged her., This well-crafted Japanese animated feature adapts the novel Belladonna by Jules Michelet in a unique manner. The story concerns a love affair, taking place in the Middle Ages, shadowed by witch-trials and the Inquisition. The actual moments of the story are shown in more-or-less still tableaux, but the inner thoughts and feelings of the characters are fully animated.