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Ireland, Luxembourg, The Netherlands
Synopsis
The compelling story of a woman who has lost her son and develops an unorthodox relationship with a homeless youth. Their tentative trust is threatened by his involvement with a violent gang and the escalation of her ex-husband's grieving rage.
Director's Statement
started this film with the idea of exploring an alternative kind of mother, the one who leaves, the one who doesn’t know how to mother. It troubles me that women are typically more harshly judged than men in relation to how they parent or don’t parent their children. This is complex and tied up in a view of the mother as more essential to a child’s development but the result is that her identity is automatically more subsumed by becoming a parent than is the case for men. I wanted to see what the audience could feel about this woman who chose to leave her child, not for any great ambition but just because she couldn’t, or didn’t know how to, live the life of mother and wife. Margaret’s choice to leave underpins her reaction to Patrick’s death and her attempt to mother Joe. If she felt she had the right to grieve her own son it’s unlikely that she would seek out a substitute. But while this is still an element of the film, what emerged finally is a complicated love story: the story of a woman who tries to love her son too late and the complex relationship she forms with a surrogate.
Director's Biography
Rebecca Daly studied theatre directing and acting and then went on to study film. Her first short, JOYRIDERS (2006), won the Irish Film Award and several international awards. Her short film HUM was funded as one of the finalists for the Berlin Today Award 2010. Her first feature film, THE OTHER SIDE OF SLEEP, was selected for the Cannes 'Cinéfondation Résidence du Festival' programme. It premiered in the Directors’ Fortnight at the Cannes Film Festival and in the Discovery section of the Toronto IFF 2011. Rebecca was selected to participate in the first Berlinale Residency with her second feature film MAMMAL. She is currently in development on the feature project GOOD FAVOUR.
Filmography 2011 - THE OTHER SIDE OF SLEEP 2010 - HUM, short 2006 - JOYRIDERS, short
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Cast & Crew
Directed by: Rebecca Daly
Written by: Rebecca Daly
Produced by: Macdara Kelleher, Conor Barry
Cinematography: Lennart Verstagen
Editing: Halina Daugird
Production Design: Audrey Hernu
Costume Design: Uli Simon
Make-Up & Hair: Gerda Koekoek, Fabienne Adam
Original Score: Rutger Reinders
Sound Design: Marco Vermaas
Cast: Barry Keoghan (Joe), Michael McElhatton (Matt), Rachel Griffiths (Margaret)