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Love Eternal
Ireland / Luxembourg / Netherlands · 2013 · 94 min · EnglishA lonely man learns to love through the company of the dead. A haunting dark romance based on the Japanese novel Loving the Dead by Kei Oishi.
After his mother dies, a lonely young man finds a reason to live in the company of women who want to die, until he meets one who wants to live.
Proof it works
FestivalsSitges IFFF (Official Competition), Fantasia IFF, Fantastic Fest + 20 more
AwardsBest Irish Film, Jameson Dublin IFF · Fresh Blood Award, Blackbear FF
Why it travels
A small cast, few locations (a house, a forest) and universal themes of grief and loneliness. The online meetings are easy to update for today.
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Directed byBrendan Muldowney
CastRobert de Hoog, Pollyanna McIntosh, Amanda Ryan, Xenia Katina, Aidan Condron, Emma Eliza Regan
Produced byFastnet Films, Red Lion, Rinkel Film
Based onThe Japanese novel Loving the Dead by Kei Oishi