Summaries

A woman loses her daughter in the limbo between sleep and awake.

Set in the idyllic English countryside, Constance, a dancer, and Killian, her choreographer husband, have just bought a new home after the birth of their first child. Suffering from post-natal depression, Constance cannot return to ballet and Killian is increasingly absent on tour. Alone with their daughter Evie, Constance descends into isolation and despair. As Evie gets older their relationship deteriorates until one night she disappears into the woods. Haunted by vivid dreams of the fantastical world her daughter now inhabits, Constance is comforted by the knowledge of Evie's happiness. Evie's new home is a timeless world of eternal childhood. With three other little girls she lives in a place where disappointment and corruption cannot harm her. But fairy tales, like childhood, cannot last for ever. As reality and fantasy begin to bleed into one another, Constance's life begins to fragment. Slowly but surely the fantastical idyll unravels leaving nothing but the abrasive truth of reality.—Anonymous

Details

Keywords
  • daughter
  • woman
  • f rated
  • fairy tale
  • ballet
Genres
  • Drama
Release date Aug 31, 2008
Countries of origin United Kingdom
Official sites Official site
Language English
Filming locations Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK
Production companies Girl and a Gun Productions

Box office

Budget $100000

Tech specs

Runtime 1h 25m
Color Color
Aspect ratio

Synopsis

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