Dir: Saela Davis and Anna Rose Holmer
Cast: Emily Watson, Paul Mescal
101 mins

In a windswept fishing village, a mother is torn between protecting her beloved son and her own sense of right and wrong. A lie she tells for him rips apart their family and close-knit community in this tense, sweepingly emotional epic.

God’s Creatures is a quietly devastating drama set on the coast of Ireland. In a windswept fishing village, a mother is torn between protecting her beloved son and her own sense of right and wrong. A lie she tells for him rips apart their family and close-knit community in this tense, sweepingly emotional epic.

Starring Emily Watson (Breaking the Waves, Hilary and Jackie), Paul Mescal (Normal People, Aftersun) and Aisling Franciosi (The Fall), God’s Creatures picked up five BIFA 2022 nominations: Emily Watson for lead performance; Paul Mescal and Aisling Franciosi for best supporting performance; Shane Crowley for best debut screenwriter and Danny Bensi and Saunder Jurriaans for best original music.

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