Widowed farmer Malcolm Gardner lives a quiet life near a secluded forest. When a mysterious ten-year-old girl emerges from the trees, he uncovers a hidden world lurking just beyond his view.
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...