Before Lucius leaves, Ivy informs him that now that her sister is to be married, she is free to have suitors court her. Ivy says that Lucius is brave for wanting to go beyond the village, but she feels his actions are unwise. Ivy explains that in the time that has passed, her sister has decided to marry another young man in the town. Later that evening, Lucius visits the Walkers' house, where he has a conversation with Ivy. The sound of something nearby catches his attention, but all that is there when he looks are some wavering branches. Unseen by the others, he steps over the boundaries, and wanders a ways into the woods. The next day, Lucius has patrol duty along the borders of the village. Lucius wants his mother to open the box and reveal her past secrets, but she refuses this as well. Each of the elders has a box, that contains remnants of the elder's pasts before they established Covington. Lucius also makes note of a black wood box that his Mother has, which is locked. Upset by these proclamations, Lucius explains that he sees that his mother eyes Ivy Walker's father Edward (William Hurt) in a 'certain way,' even though he is married. Lucius' second request is denied, and his mother Alice Hunt (Sigourney Weaver) advises him to stay home and forget about the outside world, claiming it to be a dangerous place that took the life of his father. This causes Lucius to grow more determined, and he again goes to the elders to request again to travel to "the towns." Lucius believes that if the creatures allowed Noah into the woods without causing him harm, they will do the same to him. They do not grow in the village, and Lucius believes that Noah has traveled into the woods, and has not been harmed by the creatures in it. One day, while in a small area near the border to the woods, Noah presents Ivy with some red berries. Blind since she was very young, Ivy claims that Lucius has a 'color' around him, that she can sense. Lucius has been childhood friends with Kitty's youngest sister, named Ivy (Bryce Dallas Howard). When Kitty Walker (Judy Greer) comes to Lucius in hopes he will marry her, he refuses her request. He keeps to himself, rarely speaking to most people. Lucius himself is considered a rather strange young man by the village. His request is quickly denied by the village elders. After one of the elders named August Nicholson (Brendan Gleeson) loses his son to an untreatable disease, one of the town's young people named Lucius Hunt (Joaquin Phoenix) goes to the village elders, and requests to leave the village and travel to "the towns," in hopes of finding medicines and other remedies that may prevent further losses, or possibly cure the mental ailments of one of the town's other young persons, named Noah Percy (Adrien Brody). A boundary was set up around the village, along with warnings on etiquette and colors to wear regarding keeping the creatures at bay. Many years earlier, the town elders and the creatures reached an understanding that the villagers would not go into the woods, and the creatures would not enter the village. The woods that surround the village are off limits to all the villagers because mysterious creatures live there. Covington is a 19th-century Pennsylvania village that is isolated from the rest of the world.The synopsis below may give away important plot points.
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