The read
Audiences rate it 13 points higher than critics do. It runs a compact 1h 27m.
Synopsis
In an attempt to pull her family together, Adèlle travels with her young daughter Sarah to Wales to visit her father. The morning after they arrive, Sarah mysteriously vanishes in the ocean. Not long after, a little girl bearing a striking resemblance to their missing daughter reveals that she has retuned from the dead — and that Sarah has been taken to the Welsh underworld.
Ratings
IMDb5.3/10
Rotten Tomatoes40%
Audiences rate it 13 points higher than critics do.
299 audience votes
Key crew
- John FawcettDirector
- Stephen MassicotteScreenplay
- Edmund ButtOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Maria BelloAdèlle
- Sean BeanJames
- Abigail StoneEbrill
- Richard ElfynRowan
- Maurice RoëvesDafydd
- Sophie StuckeySarah
- Casper HarveyYoung Dafydd
- Eluned JonesDoctor
- Gwenyth PettyLibrarian
- Robin GriffithPolice Inspector
- Tonya SmithMain Stumblehead Martyr
Stills
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Themes
seawaleschild abuseshepherdadolescenceparadisesuicidesheepparent child relationshiploss of loved onesinglemacabre