She'll cross ancient Ireland to resurrect her dead child. The cure she finds? Not what she ordered.
In pre-Christian Ireland, a young, recently bereaved woman with no one left in the world, travels the land in search of a remedy that can bring her child back to life, only to find a cure not for the child's mortality, but for the grief she can no longer bear.
Acting
Máirín De Buitléir carries 14 minutes of wordless devastation.
Cinematography
Mossy Irish landscapes shot like a fever dream.
Sound
Gaeilge dialogue hits different without needing subtitles.
Director
Helen Rollins
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Shot entirely in Gaeilge, the film preserves a dying language while exploring death itself—a meta-resurrection of sorts.
The 'Strange Sister' and 'Strange Woman' represent bargaining and depression in Kübler-Ross's stages—yes, this is secretly structured grief theory.
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