An old woman, Filomena, is hurried into the emergency room. The young man, who brought her, Matias, is very nervous. The nurses were drawn to him as he’s very good-looking. They think he’s her grandson. Filomena’s condition has stabilized but she needs further tests. At night, Matias visits her and Luna, the nurse on duty, is touched at how warm and close Matias is to the lady....
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...