Rebelle

Nguyen's direction and script rarely falter. It's a near-perfect blend of harsh reality and mysticism.

It may be hard for a viewer to accept some of the paranormal goings-on in War Witch -- the ghosts, the superstitions, the otherworldly powers -- but they're nothing compared to the realities that Komona has to endure.

Atrocity and beauty somehow co-exist in War Witch.

That the teenage Rachel Mwanza can show us, and make us feel viscerally, a bit of what such a child goes through is a miracle in itself.