What if hope became your cruelest tormentor?
Claire Hurst's son has been missing for a year. Exhausted by grief, Claire begins to unravel as hope of her child's return begins to fade.
Acting
McGuinness carries entire film in silent, trembling close-ups.
Direction
Byrne refuses easy catharsis—grief as limbo, not arc.
Director
Claire Byrne
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The 15-minute runtime deliberately mirrors how grief compresses time—hours feel endless yet years vanish.
Released during Ireland's ongoing reckoning with historic mother-and-baby home scandals, the film resonates with state-sanctioned maternal loss.
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