Margaret O'Sullivan

While Sandra opens up to a documentary film crew, flashbacks show her teenage son, Stephen, mysteriously kidnapping a toddler, and holding him captive. Eventually, the stories intersect to explain the abduction and the family's three-generation legacy of abuse in this mesmerizing psychological drama.

The close-knit community of Brackenmore is harboring a secret. After the untimely death of an uncle she never knew she had, Kate (Sophie Hopkins) is forced to return to her ancestral home, a tiny rural village in the South of Ireland. Soon after her arrival she meets Tom (D.J. McGrath), a mysterious young local who helps her to rediscover her long-neglected roots and forget about the anxieties of her life in London. The longer Kate stays in Brackenmore, the more she begins to realize that the eccentricities of its self-protective residents, may be more ominous than she first thought and the secluded family estate is harboring a dark and ancient secret. From the opening scenes of a fateful car crash to the shocking ending Brackenmore weaves its ways under your skin shifting between classic horror to the mysteries of the occult. Cinematographer Justin McCarthy keeps a steady hand as he captures the silent fear that begins to grow as Hopkins uncovers the dark horror that is Brackenmore.

Dans un coin reculé d'Irlande, le village de Borrisokane est en plein bouleversement. L'arrivée de l'électricité et du père Barry, un curé progressiste converti à la modernité après vingt ans passés aux Etats-Unis, remettent en question l'identité même de la bourgade, profondément catholique et hostile à tout changement. Quand l'évêque Hegarty demande de lever des fonds pour la construction d'une église, le nouveau prêtre saisit l'opportunité de concilier sa vocation et sa passion pour le 7e art, en ouvrant un cinéma, le «Stella». Un projet que les notables, en particulier le très conservateur McSweeney, voient d'un mauvais oeil, mettant tout en oeuvre pour l'empêcher...