Five lives, one impossible question: what makes a house a home?
In ABODE, five interwoven stories explore the meaning of home, across city streets and country kitchens, strained families and surreal technologies, revealing how identity, memory, and connection shape the places we call our own.
Writing
O Mochain's interconnected vignettes reward attentive viewers
Acting
Murray and O'Dwyer anchor the chaos with grounded warmth
Production
Resourceful design makes every space feel lived-in and specific
Director
Liam O Mochain
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
O Mochain shot several interiors in his actual family home in County Laois, lending the film its uncanny sense of authentic clutter.
The film quietly participates in a recent wave of Irish cinema examining emigration's aftermath—characters who stayed behind and the homes they kept empty for returnees who never came.
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