1950s A writer receives news that takes him on a melancholy train journey back home. As he travels through the night, memories resurface, forcing him to reflect on events that led to his mother’s confinement in an asylum some thirty years earlier.
Inspired by scenes from the classic of Welsh literature, “Un Nos Ola Leuad”, and with a hauntingly beautiful score, performed by the Welsh National Opera Orchestra, this Welsh-language opera film is a genre-bending exploration of grief, memory, mental illness and the power of artistic creation.
Genre: Coming of age, Drama, Opera
Director: Chris Forster
Producer (Executive): Patrick Young, Ed Talfan, Emyr Afan
Screenwriter: Marc Evans
Composer: Gareth Glyn, Librettists Iwan Teifion Davies and Patrick Young
Cast: Huw Ynyr, Elin Prichard, Annes Elwy, Dylan Morrison Jones
Story / Narrative: Inspired by scenes from the novel Un Nos Ola Leuad
Filming locations: Filmed entirely in Wales, Dragon Studios and Great Point Seren Studios and on location in Bethesda, Llangollen and Blaenau Ffestiniog.
Funding: S4C
Other Welsh connections: Score performed by the Welsh National Opera.
Producer: Kirsten Stoddart
Length: 84 minutes
Language: Welsh
Certificate: Uncertified
Format: DCP
Accessibility: English subtitles
Date: To be confirmed
