Fréwaka

Fréwaka | Aislinn Clarke | IE 2024 | 103 Min | DCP
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Filmcasino
Mo,23.09.▸20:30
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Shortly after her mother’s suicide, Shoo travels to a village in the countryside to provide personal care for an elderly woman. The latter is constantly talking about “them,” who need to be kept away, and she preps her house with protective objects. Shoo dismisses all this as symptoms of dementia, but soon she is plagued by her own demons—and the question arises as to who really needs help here. Aislinn Clarke intelligently packs themes of generational trauma and mental illness into an unsettling piece of folk horror, enhanced by Gaelic dialog, terrific leading actresses, catchy title music and a creepy goat. (me)

Aislinn Clarke
is an Irish writer/director. Following a string of short films, she released her debut feature—and the first horror feature-film by an Irish woman—the chilly The Devil’s Doorway. It was shown at many of the world’s leading horror film festivals. In 2020, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences awarded her the Gold Fellowship for Women. Her second feature, the folk horror movie Fréwaka, premiered at the 2024 Locarno Film Festival.
Language Version OmeU
Cast Clare Monnelly, Bríd Ní Neachtain, Aleksandra Bystrzhitskaya
Writer Aislinn Clarke
Editing John Murphy
Cinematography Narayan Van Maele

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Filmcasino
Mo,23.09.▸20:30