A mysterious — and suspicious — run of ill fortune plagues a teenage girl and her mother and sister on their hillside farm in this folk story set in the dark hills of Wales during the industrial revolution.
Acting
Eleanor Worthington-Cox carries volcanic teenage fury.
Cinematography
Mist-shrouded Welsh hills that suffocate hope.
Direction
McGregor makes poverty feel supernatural.
Director
William McGregor
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The film deliberately blurs folk horror and social realism—Gwen's 'visions' mirror actual neurological symptoms of lead poisoning from industrial runoff, historically common in Welsh mining communities.
Eleanor Worthington-Cox was 15 during filming and already a West End veteran; she learned Welsh folk songs phonetically for the role.
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