original title:
Woken
directed by:
cast:
Erin Kellyman, Maxine Peake, Ivanno Jeremiah, Corrado Invernizzi, Peter McDonald, Oscar Coleman
cinematography:
Richard Kendrick
editing:
Breege Rowley
set design:
Steve Oakes
costume design:
Sarajane Ffrench O’Carroll
production:
Fantastic Films, Propaganda Italia, supported by Ministero della Cultura
distribution:
world sales:
country:
Ireland/Italy
year:
2024
film run:
90'
format:
colour
release date:
06/07/2024
festivals & awards:
Anna wakes pregnant and unable to remember her loving husband James, or Helen and her husband Peter who help nurse her back to health on a remote island. She soon discovers that they are all on the island to escape a powerful infection that has decimated the mainland population. Now, unsure about everything she’s being told, she searches the island and uncovers a terrible reality. To save herself and her unborn child she must form an uncomfortable bond with one of her captors to escape the island. A timely film that asks the big existential question of whether man could replace God after destroying humanity by over meddling with nature.