18th century Austria. A woman is sentenced to death after killing a baby. Agnes is marrying her loved one. But day after day, she feels increasingly trapped in a path leading to evil thoughts. Maybe not just thoughts…
Taratoa Stappard’s brooding debut feature plunges us into the dour moors of 1859 North Yorkshire, where the British Empire’s reach casts long and twisted shadows. Mary Stevens (Ariāna Osborne), a young Māori teacher from Aotearoa (New Zealand), arrives in search of family truths, only to find the man who summoned her already dead and no clear path home. Stranded in an unfamilia...