Mystery drama starring Jessica Barden and Tony Curran. Fifteen-year-old Marie is tormented by the death of the boy she was entrusted to babysit. She shares her grief with his father who poaches rabbits from the woodland surrounding their housing estate - a place he once told his son was haunted by spirits.
Fifteen-year-old Marie (Jessica Barden) lives on a bland housing estate with her DIY-obsessed mother (Lyndsey Marshal) but is haunted by a gnawing sense of loss. She seeks solace in a woodland hideaway. However, after a six-year-old boy dies in her care, Marie struggles to convince his grieving father (Tony Curran) that the child is trying to communicate from beyond the grave. Director Alastair Siddons started out making documentaries like 2009 break-dancing study Turn It Loose, but for his fiction-film debut (made for just £300,000), he boldly attempts to blend social realism with the myth and mysticism that is deeply rooted in English folklore and pagan rituals like the ancient Samhain fire festival. With impressive back-up from production designer Max Bellhouse and Spanish cinematographer Neus Ollé, Siddons generates a seething air of unease from his West Country locations. But Lucy Catherine's screenplay resorts to the kind of last-reel drama that could leave audiences feeling manipulated.
| role | name |
|---|---|
| Marie | Jessica Barden |
| "Filthy" | Tony Curran |
| Sean | Alfie Hepper |
| Kathy | Lyndsey Marshal |
| Michelle | Georgia Henshaw |
| role | name |
|---|---|
| Director | Alastair Siddons |
