Nurse Shoo, still mourning her tragic loss, travels to a remote town to take care of an elderly woman suffering from agoraphobia. She is terrified of both her neighbours and of Na Sídhe, the creature the old woman believes abducted her decades ago. As the women grow closer and closer, Shoo is influenced by the sick woman's paranoia, rituals and superstitions, until finally her own past comes to light. Using the genre of folk horror, Frewaka (Irish for "roots") tells the silent stories of abused women.
About the film
Details
- Running time
- 1 hr. 43 min.
- Country, year
- Ireland, 2024
- Genre
- Horror
- Language
- Irish, English
- Subtitles
- English, Lithuanian
- Age rating
- N-16
Credits
- Director
- Aislinn Clarke
- Screenplay
- Aislinn Clarke
- Producers
- Diarmuid Lavery
- Music
- Die Hexen
- Cast
- Clare Monnelly, Bríd Ní Neachtain, Aleksandra Bystrzhitskaya
- More information
- www.imdb.com
Festivals and awards
Director
Aislinn Clarke
Irish writer and director who won the Golden Fellowship for Women from the American Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Frewaka premiered at the Locarno International Film Festival.
