United Kingdom

Nominated for European Discovery – Prix FIPRESCI 2024

1984, London: 7-year-old Maria and her mother live in their own loving world built on sorting through bins and collecting shiny rubbish. One night, their world falls apart, and we join Maria a decade later, living with her foster mother. An older stranger, Michael, then enters their home, opening the door to past trauma, magic and madness …

Written & directed by: Luna Carmoon
Produced by: Loran Dunn, Helen Simmons, Andrew Starke
Cinematography: Nanu Segal
Editing: Rachel Durance
Production Design: Bobbie Cousins
Costume Design: Nat Turner
Make-Up & Hair: Billie McKenzie
Original Score: Jim Williams
Sound: Steve Single
Cast: Saura Lightfoot Leon (Maria), Hayley Squires (Mother), Joseph Quinn (Michael), Lily-Beau Leach (Young Maria), Deba Hekmat (Maria's Friend), Samantha Spiro (Maria's foster mother)

Production:
Erebus Pictures
www.erebuspictures.co.uk

World Sales:
Alpha Violet
www.alphaviolet.com