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THE WINTER LAKE

By Phil SHEERIN

Social issues - Post-Production 2019

After making a grim discovery in a seasonal lake, a withdrawn teenager is drawn to a mysterious girl whose secrets place them both in danger.

- Year of production
- 2019
- Genres
- Social issues, Drama
- Countries
- IRELAND
- Languages
- ENGLISH
- Director(s)
- Phil SHEERIN
- Writer(s)
- David TURPIN
- Cast
- Emma MACKEY, Anson BOON, Charlie MURPHY, Michael MCELHATTON, Mark MCKENNA
- Producer(s)
- Ruth TREACY (Tailored Films), Julianne FORDE (Tailored Films), Anne-Marie GÉLINAS (EMA Films)
- Synopsis
- Withdrawn teenager TOM and his mother ELAINE have been forced to relocate to a dilapidated farmhouse. There, Tom discovers the remains of an infant in a seasonal lake, and conceals them among his belongings. After Elaine befriends neighbour WARD, Tom is drawn to his daughter HOLLY, who
  immediately intuits that he has found the remains of the infant. Tom and Holly become closer, as she offers him the friendship and understanding missing from his home life. Eventually, Holly confesses that the infant was hers and Ward’s. She appeals for Tom’s help
  in killing Ward so that she can escape their abusive relationship. However, while Tom makes an attempt on Ward’s life, Holly leaves without him. Realising the truth about Ward, Elaine intervenes to save Tom.