But for anyone whose first love is words, it’s the linguistic aspect of “Knives in Hens” that is so profoundly moving. PhotoThis character is identified only as Young Woman, and she is played here with a mesmerizing mix of rawness and delicacy by Robyn Kerr. Young Woman is the obedient and dependent wife of an older man (Shane Taylor), a farmer called Pony William for his affinity with horses. Their needs are elemental — food, shelter, sex — and at first the Young Woman doesn’t venture far beyond such perimeters. “I have no name for the thing which is in my head,” the Young Woman says at one point, with a wondering greed.

Source: New York Times October 29, 2017 19:30 UTC