Victoria is addicted to the internet and work, and has bad relationships with her teenage kids, who live with their dad. Her life changes when her kids visit for a few days and a solar storm causes a global internet blackout.
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...