Grief is a monster—this time, it actually looks like one.
This short film tells the story of Ava. A girl in her mid teens struggling with the loss her mother and the heartbreaking betrayal of her once close friends. At a time when Ava needs support, love and nurture she is left feeling abandoned by a family that are struggling with their own grief. Her feelings of loneliness soon change to uncontrollable anger and rage.
Acting
Holly Bradley's volcanic, silent suffering.
Direction
McPartlin makes 24 minutes feel like a lifetime of ache.
Director
Lee McPartlin
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Shot in County Meath on a €12,000 budget, mostly crowdfunded by McPartlin's film students.
Part of a wave of post-recession Irish cinema exploring teen mental health when state services failed them.
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