Irish language horror Frewaka to open Belfast Film Festival on Halloween night

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Haunted by a personal tragedy, home care worker, Shoo (Clare Monnelly) is sent to a remote village to care for an agoraphobic woman (Bríd Ní Neachtain) who fears the neighbours as much as she fears the Na Sídhe – sinister entities who she believes abducted her decades before. As the two develop a strangely deep connection, Shoo is consumed by the old woman’s paranoia, rituals, and superstitions, eventually leading her to confront the horrors from her own past...

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Kroktann@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 1y

Got to see this one at Ravenheart film festival in Oslo earlier this summer. Really liked it! A great film that I think managed to stay true to the genre without getting trapped by the tropes.