Amidst her ongoing struggle with cancer, Betty and her partner Mark embark on a final journey with the intent of carrying out a suicide pact. Initially united by love, impending doom strains their bond, turning them against each other.
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...