An Cailleach Bhéarra (2007)

Name: An Cailleach Bhéarra
Genre: Animation
Released: 2007-07-14
Cast: Robyn Gutteridge, Paddy Burke, Biddie Hedderman

Animation

Release Date:	2007, July 14
Directors:	Naomi Wilson
Countries:	Ireland
Production:	Metropolitan Filmexport, Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland
Cast:	Robyn Gutteridge, Paddy Burke, Biddie Hedderman

Overview:

"The Cailleach was dependent on this one thing... every hundred years she must get back to the water and immerse herself so that she might become young again." This film is an interpretation of fragments of the ancient myth of the "cailleach", old hag, otherworld female, mother earth, sovereignty queen, or witch. Told using a large scale puppet and actors moving through real landscape.

Keywords:

short film irish folklore

BigList Rating:	0
Critics Rating:	80

An Cailleach Bhéarra (2007)

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