Two disconnected English brothers are ostracized in a small village in the west of Ireland. Drawn back together by the unexpected and mysterious death of their father, they are immediately at odds until they find a girl dumped still alive in the moors. What follows is a bizarre turn of events, both beautiful and surreal, as the two brothers search for their own resolutions. At times both a love story and a tragic tale, the story is inspired by a piece in John Steinbeck's East of Eden.
Cinematography
Moss-covered misery porn. Every frame drips with damp atmosphere.
Acting
Jack Reynor simmers; Tom Hopper broods. Tension you could cut with peat.
Director
Eoin Macken
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Macken loosely adapted Steinbeck's 'Cain and Abel' framework but swapped religious damnation for Irish rural fatalism.
Tom Hopper and Jack Reynar filmed their explosive fight scene in actual freezing bog water. Method acting or punishment? Unclear.
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