Nocturnal Creatures

Fréwaka

1 hr. 43 min. | Horror | N-16

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Nurse Shoo, still mourning her tragic loss, travels to a remote town to take care of an elderly woman suffering from agoraphobia. She is terrified of both her neighbours and of Na Sídhe, the creature the old woman believes abducted her decades ago. As the women grow closer and closer, Shoo is influenced by the sick woman's paranoia, rituals and superstitions, until finally her own past comes to light. Using the genre of folk horror, Frewaka (Irish for "roots") tells the silent stories of abused women.

Aislinn Clarke

Aislinn Clarke

Irish writer and director who won the Golden Fellowship for Women from the American Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Frewaka premiered at the Locarno International Film Festival.
Languages
Irish, English
Subtitles
English, Lithuanian
Produced
2024: Ireland

Film information

Director
Aislinn Clarke
Producers
Diarmuid Lavery
Screenplay
Aislinn Clarke
Music
Die Hexen
Cast
Clare Monnelly, Bríd Ní Neachtain, Aleksandra Bystrzhitskaya
More information
www.imdb.com

Screenings

Friday, 8 November

21:20

Forum Cinemas Kaune · 5

Past screening

Sunday, 10 November

18:35

Forum Cinemas Vingis · 10

Past screening

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