Fifteen-year-old Kai (talented newcomer Ciara Alexys) and her divorced dad Adam (James Gilbert) embark on a weekend getaway to a rustic cabin on Lake Huron… nestled next door to a massive nuclear power plant. On the way they start to play a family nonsense game. It seems innocent enough, and yet as the trip progresses, it slides into territory that is enigmatic but definitely disturbing…
Actor-turned-writer-director Aaron Poole has fashioned a strange, atmospheric and artful debut that isn’t quite a horror film… or if it is, it’s the kind of horror film Michelangelo Antonioni might have made: full of questions and mysteries.
Dec 6 & 7: Q&A with director Aaron Poole
Aaron Poole
Ciara Alexys, James Gilbert
Canada
2024
English
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Credits
Screenwriter
Aaron Poole
Cinematography
Matt Bendo
Original Music
Filius Blue
Production Design
Sonja Rainey
Art Director
Keith Bowser
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