The bored philosopher Marten Morrow decides to keep a fallen gun in a strange excitement while accidentally witnessing a robbery. A true romance between Maarten and the gun is blossoming, but actions always have consequences. It’s the director’s first feature.
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...