Nuclear

Catherine Linstrum : 2019

An allegorical story of the dividing line between reality and unreality, about a young girl who after losing the protection of her mother, is forced to navigate a hostile world alone. Following an act of violence committed by her own brother, Emma escapes with her mother and finds refuge in an isolated rural area near a dark lake in the shadow of a nuclear power station. Emma starts to develop a friendship with a local boy who teaches her to face and overcome her fears. After all, the traumatic past could catch up with her at any moment. Meanwhile, Emma and her mother start to drift apart and she has to confront her own ghosts and her own guilt in order to be free of her toxic family. A mystical thriller set amidst breathtaking Welsh landscapes, its narrator an old Japanese woman. Catherine Linstrum's directorial debut premiered in competition at Warsaw International Film Festival 2019.