A Want in Her

synopsis

A film about the decay of a house and a family, reminiscent of Poe's Ushers, is a bleak journey into a place where all the colours and light of life disappear. When the director returns to her Irish homeland after many years, she is once again exposed to memories of life before everything began to fall apart. Before her mother completely succumbed to alcoholism and dragged everyone around her down with her. A tangible monument to this downfall is the family home, once a cosy dwelling, now a ruin slowly being consumed by urban wilderness. And it is here that the final episode of this sad story unfolds.

“The locus was the house, and the footage was going to be the sort of cinéma vérité footage, the observational stuff with my family, and then some more visceral, abstract sequences that brought the character of the house and the landscapes to life.” — Myrid Carten

biography

Myrid Carten is an Irish artist and filmmaker who explores themes of intimacy and how our past shapes us in her documentary and feature film work. Her films focus on the fragile and powerful moments of human life. She has won several awards at international film festivals for her work.

film details

director:	Myrid Carten
producer:	Tadhg O’Sullivan, Roisín Geraghty, Kat Mansoor
photography:	Donna Wade, Sean Mullan
editing:	Karen Harley
music:	Clarice Jensen
sound:	Morgan Muse
co-producer:	Snowstorm Productions , Basalt Film , Eline van Wees