Doing his best to restore his former quiet life after divorce, Lucas, a middle aged honest and kind kindergarten teacher, who helps his all students and care for them, who struggles against proving his innocence, when a girl begins to tell lies about him.
It's moving, yet unsettling throughout, especially with an open ending that refuses to give the audience the closure that we foolishly think we'll get.
Through it all, we see an idyllic-looking community, where glorious fall colors fade into twinkling December snow - a pretty frame for a terrifying story of a modern-day witch hunt.
What makes The Hunt so affecting is the way [Thomas] Vinterberg jangles the nerves of what first appears to be a strong community of caring neighbors and peels back the cover of civilized behavior to find tribal instincts kicking in.