God’s Creatures

Film details

Film TitleGod’s Creatures
Suitability
Genre
Length100mins
Year2022
CountryIreland, United Kingdom, United States
DirectorSaela Davis, Anna Rose Holmer
ActorsEmily Watson, Paul Mescal, Aisling Franciosi
LanguageEnglish
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In a windswept fishing village, a mother is torn between protecting her beloved son and her own sense of right and wrong. A lie she tells for him rips apart their family and close-knit community in this tense, sweepingly emotional…

Most remarkably, the film is the feature debut of two American directors, Saela Davis and Anna Rose Holmer, who bring a laser-sharp outsider’s perspective to well-trodden material.

There are no easy answers in this poetic meditation on the symbiosis between mothers and children, and man and nature, adapted by Shane Crowley and based on a story he wrote with Fodhla Cronin O’Reilly.

Sometimes the best viewings are not the easily digestible ones. This is a movie that sucks you in, rattles you and then spits you out. It’s an experience that’s worth it.