Agnes MacDonnell, a strong and self-confident Englishwoman, owns a large estate on an island off the west coast of Ireland. When she begins a passionate but dangerous affair with her new estate manager, Agnes wages a desperate struggle to dominate this charismatic but destructive man.
Acting
Scacchi's volcanic restraint vs. Craig's feral unpredictability.
Cinematography
Bleak Irish coast as suffocating character, not backdrop.
Director
Cathal Black
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Based on the true 1894 Aran Islands case where James Lynchehaen's attack on landlord's agent became nationalist folklore—this film controversially centers the colonizer's perspective.
Shot on Achill Island where the real events occurred; locals reportedly boycotted filming due to the sympathetic portrayal of Agnes MacDonnell.
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