Lies We Tell (MA 15+)

The daunting, rambling estate of Knowl is no home for a young woman on her own, and certainly not for Maud - just 18 years old. Freshly burdened with the sudden death of her father, and granted inheritance to his entire estate when she comes of age at 21, Maud is alone, unschooled in the ways of society, and vulnerable. The wolves begin to circle…

Cast: LAgnes O'Casey, David Wilmot

Director: Lisa Mulcahy

★★★★ "O'Casey delivers a compelling twist on the Victorian heroine, projecting controlled survivalist instincts in every withering stare." RADIO TIMES

★★★★ "Don't be fooled by the stuffy period setting, this is a gripping Irish thriller." RTÉ

★★★★ "masterfully stokes unease and tension" MOVIE WEB

★★★★ "It insightfully reworks some classic feminist literary notions, filtered through a very 21st-century approach to period material...[a] tightly laced gothic tale" GUARDIAN

★★★★ "The film's strength is its patient, cunning building of irresistible crackling tension as cruelty and fear become the dominant forces." ARTS DESK