MAMMAL
by Rebecca Daly
synopsis
Margaret, a separated woman living alone in Dublin, learns that her teenage son has been found dead. Enduring her unsettling grief privately, she escapes daily to the local swimming pool. One day at the pool she runs into Joe, a homeless youth she found injured late one night in the deserted laneway behind her work. Margaret offers Joe a room in her house and an unorthodox relationship starts to develop between them. Margaret’s "ex- husband" Matt begins to turn up randomly in Margaret’s life. As Margaret and Joe’s mutual reliance grows their tentative trust is threatened by the escalation of Matt’s grieving rage and Joe’s involvement with a gang of violent youths.
international title: | Mammal |
original title: | Mammal |
country: | Ireland, Luxembourg, Netherlands |
sales agent: | Picture Tree International |
year: | 2016 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Rebecca Daly |
film run: | 99' |
release date: | NL 14/04/2016 |
screenplay: | Rebecca Daly, Glenn Montgomery |
cast: | Rachel Griffiths, Barry Keoghan, Michael McElhatton |
cinematography by: | Lennart Verstegen |
film editing: | Halina Daugird |
art director: | Mark Kelly |
costumes designer: | Uli Simon |
producer: | Gilles Chanial, Jesus Gonzalez-Elvira, Macdara Kelleher, Reinier Selen, Frank Groot |
production: | Fastnet Films, Les Films Fauves, Rinkel Film B.V. |
distributor: | Cinéart Netherlands B.V., Outplay Films |