A tale of two strangers who transform each other's lives, a psychological thriller, and a story of love pitted against evil.A tale of two strangers who transform each other's lives, a psychological thriller, and a story of love pitted against evil.A tale of two strangers who transform each other's lives, a psychological thriller, and a story of love pitted against evil.
- Nominated for 1 BAFTA Award
- 6 wins & 33 nominations total
Juliette Hurley O'Dwyer
- Ryan's Daughter
- (as Julliette Hurley O'Dwyer)
Caolan Byrne
- Malachy O'Donnell
- (as Caolán Byrne)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaElaine Cassidy (Rosaleen O'Donnell) and Kíla Lord Cassidy (Anna O'Donnell) are mother and daughter in real life.
- GoofsWhen Anna spits her tooth out in Lib's hand, the camera shows it is a back molar, but in the next shot it appears Anna is missing a front tooth.
- Quotes
Lib Wright: That's a story, Kitty. I'm looking for facts.
- ConnectionsFeatured in EE BAFTA Film Awards (2023)
- SoundtracksCéad míle fáilte romhat
Performed by Niamh Algar , Caolan Byrne , Elaine Cassidy , Kíla Lord Cassidy
Traditional Irish Arrangement
Featured review
Worrying sign for this movie that it opens up on an actual movie set, in a "behind the scenes" kind of way, followed by a narrator blandly informing us that This is a movie and these are characters and they have stories to tell and such. Like, yes, I am aware of the concept of storytelling and of cinema.
Was this bit of fourth wall breaking meant for anything? Is there some manner of metanarrative unfolding in the film that borders on science fiction or some other manner of impressionistic/surreal storytelling?
Incredibly minor and pointless spoiler alert: No. It's just there for some reason. It's also at the end where we pan off to see modern day caterers on set and the actor/narrator staring at us and repeating some insignificant line that was spoken earlier in the film but which had little to no importance then, and even less importance by the end.
This completely meaningless and distracting bit of framing device feels like a bad sign that this film takes itself way too seriously and considers itself to be more profound than it actually is.
The story being told is rather neat, one where you don't know when it starts whether this will end up in tragedy, religious revelation, or science fiction. As it unfolds (not as slowly as some of the other reviews suggest), and it becomes clear what is happening, it remains an entertaining story with a genuinely compelling atmosphere heavily accentuated by the eerie, non-traditional soundtrack.
It was a good enough movie, but the pointless framing device at the beginning and end just screams pretension and gives off an extremely undeserved vibe of self importance.
Was this bit of fourth wall breaking meant for anything? Is there some manner of metanarrative unfolding in the film that borders on science fiction or some other manner of impressionistic/surreal storytelling?
Incredibly minor and pointless spoiler alert: No. It's just there for some reason. It's also at the end where we pan off to see modern day caterers on set and the actor/narrator staring at us and repeating some insignificant line that was spoken earlier in the film but which had little to no importance then, and even less importance by the end.
This completely meaningless and distracting bit of framing device feels like a bad sign that this film takes itself way too seriously and considers itself to be more profound than it actually is.
The story being told is rather neat, one where you don't know when it starts whether this will end up in tragedy, religious revelation, or science fiction. As it unfolds (not as slowly as some of the other reviews suggest), and it becomes clear what is happening, it remains an entertaining story with a genuinely compelling atmosphere heavily accentuated by the eerie, non-traditional soundtrack.
It was a good enough movie, but the pointless framing device at the beginning and end just screams pretension and gives off an extremely undeserved vibe of self importance.
- phenomynouss
- Dec 25, 2022
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- Диво
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- Runtime1 hour 48 minutes
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- 2.39 : 1
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