Director
Myrid Carten
Music (original)
Clarice Jensen
Cast
Myrid Carten, Nuala
Edition 2025
82'
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2024
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Documentary
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Format:
DCP
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Dialogue:
Gaelic, English
A brutally honest exploration of the messiness of family love tainted by addiction and depression. Irish visual artist Myrid Carten does not shy away from difficult conversations with her loved ones (especially her mother). On the contrary, these raw exchanges form the pounding heart of this original and gripping debut documentary.
Through childhood home videos, calls with the Missing Persons Unit, no-nonsenses exchanges with her uncles, and heartbreaking voicemails, Irish visual artist Myrid Carten pieces together a raw, fragmented portrait of her complex relationship with her mother, Nuala. Marked by years of depression and alcoholism, Nuala's long and winding journey reversed the roles of mother and daughter, placing an early burden of responsibility on Carten's shoulders. At the heart of this moving documentary is Nuala's childhood home - a character in its own right - where mother and daughter each hold on to their own, conflicting version of the past. By pressing the camera up against the walls of the battered house - yielding striking, unconventional angles - Carten powerfully captures both the dysfunction of a fractured family and their resilience, along with the (un)conditional love that binds them.
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Credits
Directors
Myrid Carten
Music (original)
Clarice Jensen
Sound Designer
Morgan Muse
Cast
Myrid Carten, Nuala
Scenario
Myrid Carten, David Barker
Director of Photography
Donna Wade, Sean Mullan, Myrid Carten
Editors
Karen Harley
Producers
Kat Mansoor, Roisin Geraghty, Eline van Wees, Tadhg O'Sullivan
Sales agent
Jasmina Vignjevic
Production studios
Inland Film Company
More info
Dialogue
Gaelic, English
Countries of production
Ireland, The Netherlands, United Kingdom
Year
2024
Filmography
Myrid Carten
Wishbone (short, 2019), A Want in Her (2024)
Technical Specs
Format
DCP
