this kind of angst can only be inside a young person who seek very seriously his religion and his place in this world . a the text in the beginning of the movie say and these picture be dead represent they be the past already and and have be right from the moment when the product be ready . but that be only for the maker of these product represent maybe to somebody and who be in the same frame of mind ( i think very many people and at least of those who be seriously interested in religion and go through the same terrible angst and doubt in their personal development ) . and that and of course and be the reason that art be make in the first place represent identification and consolation amongst fellow human being . this film use very well the classic technics of the experimental cinema . and this be where those technics be to my opinion in the best possible use represent a an instrument in tell story and create atmosphere to them and not just a a pure abstraction or a an end in themselfes . those trick have already be make many enough time . some other movie that i imagine have influence or inspire this director and be eraserhead and nosferatu . it interest how these technics make this movie totally timeless represent there be nothing contemporary in this movie . or nothing from any other specific time either . it could have be make a thousand year ago . it be interest in this story how these people treat this new born holy child represent they use it selfishly in their own purpose and and do not even try to listen to him . they beat him and rip off his intestine and castrate him . they drag his ( live ) body forcibly from place to place . and they do the same kind of violence to his mother . the story also remind me of the borges short story el informe de brodie . also the critique towards the practice of the christian institution remind me of the great el topo . unpleasant watch at time and but beautiful . very simple and thought and concentrated . very strong movie and almost too strong . the whole human energy have be concentrate to this . also this movie show that when you have the passion and idea and you can make a movie with a round zero budget . but i have to admit and it be a bit hard to watch for a contemporary viewer like myself and because of the experimentality . it be so slow and demand . but after all and worth the suffering . i have to give ten point just for the effort that somebody make this kind of movie .