The protagonist came off quite slow as in mentally challenged for most of the movie. It was an unusual acting choice. I guess they were going for curiosity or wonderment. She is definitely a local forest spirit or sprite and not Mother Nature as most suggest. In one scene they are cutting up melon (a food foreign to the area and having to be shipped in as the mother points out) for a fruit tray and when she tastes it she put it down in disgust however when offered local food from the farm she ate ravenously. Also she only came out to stop the development for the sole fact it would disturb the local area which has been up until the events in the movie untouched. I just wish the pace moved along faster.
It also falls apart on repeated watching. She arrives with her hair wet and we later find out her car crashed into a lake at the very beginning, yet her clothes were dry. She left the two dead rabbits for the father yet acted as if they were the most disgusting things she ever saw when asked to dress them for the pot. The last 10-15 mins was where all the action was condensed however the rest of the movie was pretty one note till that point. The shock value bits seemed like just that. A cheap ploy as some of it didn't fit with the theme of the movie.
It also falls apart on repeated watching. She arrives with her hair wet and we later find out her car crashed into a lake at the very beginning, yet her clothes were dry. She left the two dead rabbits for the father yet acted as if they were the most disgusting things she ever saw when asked to dress them for the pot. The last 10-15 mins was where all the action was condensed however the rest of the movie was pretty one note till that point. The shock value bits seemed like just that. A cheap ploy as some of it didn't fit with the theme of the movie.