The read
It runs a compact 8m.
Synopsis
"The Cailleach was dependent on this one thing... every hundred years she must get back to the water and immerse herself so that she might become young again." This film is an interpretation of fragments of the ancient myth of the "cailleach", old hag, otherworld female, mother earth, sovereignty queen, or witch. Told using a large scale puppet and actors moving through real landscape.
Ratings
IMDb6.7/10
1 audience votes
Key crew
- Naomi WilsonDirector
- Naomi WilsonWriter
Cast
- Paddy BurkePriest
- Robyn GutteridgeYoung Cailleach
- Biddie HeddermanNarrator
Themes
irish folkloreshort film