Synopsis
The story of two sisters who grew up on the fractious Irish border. When one of them, who has been missing, finally returns home, the intense bond with her sister is re-ignited. Together they unearth their mother's past but uncovered secrets and resentments which have been buried deep, threaten to overwhelm them.
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Cast
- Nora-Jane NooneLauren
- Nika McGuiganKelly
- Martin McCannSean
- Helen BehanJoanne
- Aiste S. GramAnia
- David PearseGerry
- Toni O'RourkeHR Officer
- Joanne CrawfordBridget
- Uriel Emil PollackChristopher
- Olga WehrlyMother
Recommendations
- 80
The Irish Times
Appearing opposite Nora-Jane Noone in a film that twists the actors round each other like competing bindweed, McGuigan could hardly have delivered a more bracing final performance. So savage is her turn that you expect water drops to hiss off her broiling skin. - 80
CineVue
The film uses the Troubles and Brexit to frame its understanding of the past and the present. Brady suggests a liminal psychological space – much like the liminal political space that Brexit created – through which Lauren and Kelly’s traumas move and, perhaps, can be understood. - 80
The Observer (UK)
Savagely powerful, directed with an unshowy but acute eye (the use of the colour red is a simple but searingly effective device), this is a terrific feature debut from the writer and director Cathy Brady. - 75
Slant Magazine
The structure of Wildfire’s narrative doesn’t emerge out of a simplistic progression from strife to reconciliation, as writer-director Cathy Brady has her characters follow a realistically erratic trajectory. - 75
IndieWire
While occasionally veering into melodrama, Brady’s feature debut is a powerful slice of kitchen-sink gloom, and a blazing portrait of women on fire, unsure of where to go in the wake of rippling tragedy. - 60
The Guardian
It’s a potent drama – and a melancholy reminder of the talent that Irish cinema and TV lost in McGuigan
