12 minutes. One meal. Zero mercy. Hungry yet?
In a time of famine a starving girl and her mother are rescued from the roadside by a stranger. But the stranger has other motives.
Acting
Carney's predator politeness is skin-crawling
Cinematography
Famine Ireland as living corpse, gorgeous and cruel
Sound
Gaeilge dialogue hits like ancient incantation
Director
Sean McGuire
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Shot entirely in Irish Gaelic, rare for the early 2000s—part of a movement to reclaim the language from its colonial suppression.
The stranger's 'rescue' mirrors British colonial 'aid' narratives—charity as trap, assistance as consumption.
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