Ciúnas (Silence) | Award-winning Irish language film about a family facing a crisis

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  • Опубліковано 27 жов 2022
  • A couple collect their teenaged daughter from hospital, but on the journey home no one seems to want to discuss her reasons for being there.
    Written, Directed, and Produced by Tristan Heanue
    Executive Producers - Tor Cotton/Físín & Dingle International Film Festival
    Starring:
    Gary Lydon (The Banshees of Inisherin, Calvary, War Horse)
    Hazel Doupe (Float like a Butterfly, You Are Not My Mother)
    Ally Ní Chairáin (Michael Inside, Black 47)
    Cork Film Festival // Winner Grand Prix Best Irish Short (Academy Award Qualifying)
    Irish Film & Television Awards Nominee // Best Short Film
    Galway Film Fleadh // Nominee Bingham Ray New Talent Award
    Dublin International Film Festival // Nominee Discovery Award
    Belfast Film Festival // Winner Best Short Film (BAFTA Qualifying)
    Zebbies (Writers Guild Awards) // Winner Best Short Script of the Year
    Irish Screen America // Winner Rising Star Award
    Irish Film Festa Rome // Winner Best Short Film & Audience Award
    International Film Festival Cologne // Winner Best Cinematography & Best Acting Ensemble
    Moscow Shorts Film Festival // Winner Best Film
    Físín Script Award // Winner
    Disappear Here Film Festival // Winner Best Short Film
    Short of the Year // Special Jury Mention
    Wexford Film Festival // Winner Best Director
    RTE Guide // Short of the Year
    Official Selection Rhode Island International Film Festival
    Official Selection Encounters Film Festival
    Official Selection Leuven International Short Film Festival
    Official Selection Indy Shorts International Short Film Festival
    Official Selection Braunschweig International Film Festival
    Kerry Film Festival // Honourable Mention Best Irish Short
    Offline Film Festival // Honourable Mention Best Irish Short
    Irish Film Festival London // Nominee Best Short Film
    Still Voices Film Festival // Nominee Best Irish Short
    Distributed exclusively by Network Ireland Television (NITV) worldwide. Visit our website: www.networkirelandtelevision.com
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  • @recluse5122
    @recluse5122 6 місяців тому +44

    for someone who has thought about doing the unthinkable a few times, the thing that stopped me was how devastating it will be for my family. I just could not do it to them. beautiful film. congrats.

    • @mofun5108
      @mofun5108 5 місяців тому +6

    • @ingoelds
      @ingoelds 5 місяців тому +4

      Thank you. Do you have any idea how positive that is?

    • @agf1700
      @agf1700 4 місяці тому +5

      I think a fair number of people have had moments or even days where they thought about doing the unthinkable but thankfully, that old saying that “This too shall pass” becomes fact for most of us. ‘A permanent solution to a temporary problem’ is the absolute truth.

    • @noname-by3qz
      @noname-by3qz 2 місяці тому +1

      My final conclusion was well I don't have anything to live for now, but maybe I will find something someday...

    • @evita9016
      @evita9016 Місяць тому +1

      The thing is, I sometimes think my family won't be feel burden when I'm gone. Ofc they'll sad but time flies...they will eventually move on. But anyway..

  • @nikimoore
    @nikimoore Рік тому +101

    @Tristan Heanue I am a film critic, and this is one of the most beautiful short films I have ever seen. You have mastered the art of story-telling in film, of which the most important is 'Show, don't tell'. It's the little throw-away remarks that hint at the turmoil underneath, the seemingly-inconsistent human touches that tell the story.
    It's all about the pictures: the framing, the silhouettes, the far shots and the close-ups, the seemingly inconsequential words that convey shattering emotion. It creates powerful tensions, which you conclude beautifully and end with a tremulous hope.
    The most important line of dialogue in the whole film is when the mum wonders if her daughter will ever stop biting her nails. And the daughter replies: "I'm trying." And the mum replies "Me too." Those two little words carry the whole film.
    You have resisted the temptation to explain, which is the downfall of most new film-makers. It is very difficult in film to convey internal feelings, but you have nailed this. Congratulations. I have watched this film many times, and every time I see some new subtlety.
    I think this film should be used to teach in film school about economy of dialogue and the use of framing to tell the story.

    • @tristanheanue7168
      @tristanheanue7168 Рік тому +22

      Niki, my god. Thank you so much for this beautiful reply, your message and words mean so much to me. I'm so glad you enjoyed the film, I'm very proud of the work we all did on it and its amazing to be able to share the film now with people from all over the world. Thanks again for your words. Tristan :)

    • @voulafisentzidis8830
      @voulafisentzidis8830 8 місяців тому +11

      This is infinitely better than anything which has come out of Hollywood in the past 20 years.
      Human stories told quietly with subtlety sans the formulaic drivel produced by the Hollywood corporations.

    • @SwanSong1234
      @SwanSong1234 Місяць тому

      That was well said and you nailed it. 🌟💜🕊

  • @nealklein3181
    @nealklein3181 Рік тому +20

    First clue....dad is feeding the horse. Says "good girl." Then says "she's fine." I was confused.
    I didn't get it till later. I was wondering about it though. It was subtle. I didn't have enough information yet.
    Why didn't mom want to pick up the young man hitching a ride? Why did mom get so upset about the cell phone? All clues. Then the wrist bandages that almost could pass as tennis sweat bands. The facial expressions said so much more than words. Her smile at her father at the end...hope. So much unsaid , so much to be said...to unfold, in time. So much sadness and struggle to understand. So much felt that cannot all be said. Powerfully done.

    • @tristanheanue7168
      @tristanheanue7168 Рік тому +4

      Thank you so much Neal, beautifully observed. I'm the writer & director of the short. I'm so glad you enjoyed it :)

    • @nealklein3181
      @nealklein3181 Рік тому +3

      @@tristanheanue7168 So kind of you to respond. Thank you for doing so. Very much appreciated.

    • @tristanheanue7168
      @tristanheanue7168 Рік тому +2

      @@nealklein3181 Thank you so much for watching, it's so great to hear peoples thoughts on the film :)

    • @sharanshjha2407
      @sharanshjha2407 2 місяці тому

      But still I didn't get anything would you explain what happened in the whole video​@@tristanheanue7168

  • @bonniewoodard2771
    @bonniewoodard2771 Рік тому +54

    Tender💖 a touch, a wink, softness says so much ... heart language more than words ... thank you 🥰

  • @sarajayneteece159
    @sarajayneteece159 Рік тому +21

    That wink and smile. Sublime.

  • @lorainemasterton2942
    @lorainemasterton2942 Рік тому +102

    English is widely spoken in Ireland and is the “official” language. But the language of our heritage and our cultural language is Gaelic. That is what you hear being spoken here. There are regions in Ireland which we call the Gaeltacht, where Irish Gaelic (there is also Scots Gaelic, which is derived from the original Gaelic, and which is spoken in Scotland) is still widely spoken, as in this film. Even today in the 21st-century. English was the language of the occupiers, and by the time we got our independence (1922, such as it is, as with most politics still messy and not quite fully bloomed) English had also become, worldwide, the lingua franca. Meaning, it is, as you know, because you live in the 21st-century, the language of commerce, the language of the dominant media, and the dominant language in entertainment.
    I currently live in the Americas. Here I witness the damage of colonisation/occupation in the first People’s, the indigenous peoples of the red nations. They suffer from the alcoholism poverty and violence that is typical of a long-standing occupation. The occupation of Ireland was twice as long as the occupation of the Americas. So although the Irish culture today passes very much for a modern western 20th-century European nation, it is an indigenous people who still suffer from and are dealing with the fallout of long-standing occupation. This includes the kind of silence and not expressing yourself that the person in comments below spoke so eloquently about. If you’ve been made to feel ashamed of your culture, of which the language is the heart, expressing yourself becomes quite crippled. There were laws that forbade the speaking of Gaelic upon pain of death.I grew up in Ireland and even in my immigrant (to US) family this inability to express ourselves freely and innocently and with trust for each other… Is very much in short order. And very much fallout from colonisation and occupation.
    Freedom of expression is a human right.
    In Irish Gaelic we have an expression:
    ar scáth a chéile a mhaireas na daoine
    it is in the shelter of each other that the people live.
    Perhaps we here on the Internet, almost anonymous, not really seeing each other, but sometimes hearing each other… Can remember this. And endeavour to provide kind shelter to each other where ever we should meet other humans. So that the Red people might heal. So that the Gaelic people might heal. So that the Chinese people and the East Indian people and the Ukrainian people and the Syrian people and the Yemeni people and the Iranian people and the Palestinian people and the Israeli people… and on… might heal.
    We only have each other. No one else is coming.

    • @desertbluesplaylist7550
      @desertbluesplaylist7550 Рік тому +7

      Wow. Yes. Beautifully said

    • @marmara9741
      @marmara9741 Рік тому

      Agree with you.
      Btw, East India people are the world's longest running colonizers/occupiers of South Asia, SE Asia.... 5000+ years and continuing, though they are excellent in hiding it. They are currently colonizing Northern SE Asia, killing Asian societies, cultures. The plight of the locals are similar to the American natives.... forced alcoholism, rapes, silent genocide, forced poverty, total destruction of the last remaining original Asian matriarchal, matrilineal societies, etc.

    • @umarkhattab693
      @umarkhattab693 Рік тому +6

      Right, your observation is really amazing

    • @julnarmusa3380
      @julnarmusa3380 Рік тому

      well said, until you said i s r e a l i e people; darling, they are the occupiers of P a l e s t i n e!

    • @andreahorvath9703
      @andreahorvath9703 Рік тому +6

      Amazing observation.

  • @onlijnatfreeler
    @onlijnatfreeler Рік тому +46

    Beautifull film, the subtle acting and the title revealing what we humans can all see and feel. What this short peace of art contrairilly reveals too, however, is how our culture of making it a virtue to hide our authentic feelings from one another, breeds isolation between people that need to be close, and the self alienating feeling of shame about just that what attaches us to human kind.
    We can not live outside of our bodies. If we have to suppress our authentic feelings in order to belong to the others who are supposed to be our recourse for protection, then the connection with what we truly are dies.
    If we love our child, and feel deeply saddened and upset by her inner conflict that made her attempt to take her life, we shouldn't have to hide our feelings, even from the ones nearest by. We shouldn't be ashamed to tear up, having to lock ourselves up in a restroom and press down our pain, grieve, hurt, and fear.
    If we would live in an environment where our humanity was accepted and honored, there would be room for us to express our frustration and dispair related to a painfull event, and we wouldn't have to disconnect them from the event that caused them and then lash them out over a futility like the use of a phone to text some friends.
    Neither would our deep rooted feeling of love, care, and belonging have to squeeze itself into a speechless gesture of manicure...
    And if everyone in their own way, would actively oppose the culture that is bereaving us from all expression of our humanity towards each other, by imposing the negation of what we truely feel in obligatory silence, then no daughter or son would need to come to a point, of seeing no other way then to end their lives, when feeling unpleasant, confusing, and painfull emotions.
    This delicate artwork shows us what we culturally deprive ourselves and others from, by insisting on swallowing our tongues.

    • @tristanheanue7168
      @tristanheanue7168 Рік тому +21

      Wow! Thank you so much for your beautiful words, I'm so happy the film resonated with you. I'm Tristan, the writer & director. :)

    • @cynthia1477
      @cynthia1477 Рік тому +8

      on first pass it's a beautiful reflection... however the challenge is that there is so much more between "if.... shoulds" and the simplistic if everyone would just oppose the culture, while lovely in intent, is kinda like tossing the baby out with the bathwater... it's not about opposing anything, it's about accepting all... all the messy, ickyness that is to be human... and sometimes silence is not about swallowing our tongues but is a reflection in we are human beings not human doings or human talkings but human beings and sometimes the act of just being says more than all the words in the universe...

    • @marygeorge2467
      @marygeorge2467 Рік тому +13

      You sound young. And without children.
      Social media can be a heavy burden on teens. Suicide is real and the rates have been going up for 15-24 year-olds. As a mother of four who saw how social media became a venue for bullying and peer pressure, I find no issue with "feelings being hidden." She knows her father. She knew he saw her cuts and then had to excuse himself. It's why the mother sat next to her to hold her hand.
      The feelings were not hidden. They were known. When a tree falls in the forest, it makes a noise.

    • @tristanheanue7168
      @tristanheanue7168 Рік тому +3

      @@AstroBear11 Thank you so much, delighted you enjoyed it :)

    • @kimquinn7728
      @kimquinn7728 Рік тому +4

      So beautifully expressed. This is a wonderful film. I plan to watch it again when its done and then once again with a good friend.

  • @patrickdrury1480
    @patrickdrury1480 5 місяців тому +7

    That wink...my dad used to wink like that. He was here in the US at 18, but always had the brogue. We were used to it.

  • @svenlundergard1
    @svenlundergard1 Рік тому +65

    So much substance and quality. Acting is superb, and film techniques like you're really right there. Well done film about a tough subject.

  • @munkymunk
    @munkymunk Рік тому +20

    Amazing how 12 minutes of film with little dialogue can tell such a moving story. Ta brón orm.

  • @ljjackson7106
    @ljjackson7106 Рік тому +29

    This NITVShorts channel is producing ABOVE EXCELLENT quality short videos - better than anything else today!

  • @pilarjaenes
    @pilarjaenes Рік тому +32

    No need to have much dialogues, the concern shown on the characters faces talk by themselves as well as the right chosen images. Very good short, with the right title.

  • @abdulriaz6031
    @abdulriaz6031 Рік тому +35

    WHY DOES THIS NOT HAVE MILLIONS OF VIEWS!!!!

    • @tristanheanue7168
      @tristanheanue7168 Рік тому +7

      Thank you, I'm so glad you enjoyed it :)

    • @Silkytoaster
      @Silkytoaster Рік тому +5

      Yeah this should have millions of views .

    • @tristanheanue7168
      @tristanheanue7168 Рік тому +3

      @@Silkytoaster I really appreciate you watching and your kind words :)

    • @theresanolan1157
      @theresanolan1157 Рік тому +3

      absolutely, profound pesence..

    • @IvesMarcelin
      @IvesMarcelin 2 місяці тому

      Because the possibility of translation stay closed to the screen on the web site....( c'est en Gaélique..je ferais un message à you tube pour que ce film soit avec la traduction car il est bien 👍

  • @garyandrewranford
    @garyandrewranford Рік тому +20

    Oh dear Lord, I am melted once again.
    That is an incredibly moving film

  • @moryan6447
    @moryan6447 5 місяців тому +3

    Wow…powerful and so hopeful in a very Irish way😊. The family dynamic is familiar.

  • @dazedconfused5019
    @dazedconfused5019 Рік тому +16

    The mother is very supportive. You must say what needs to be said, and the mother does just that. Starting with the young man hitchhiking, you know from her attitude he is part of the problem. The phone, as we know, is used in so many destructive ways when it come to young people. She is hurt because this is her child and her child is hurting, hurting so much that she attempts the unthinkable.

    • @soulsurfer639
      @soulsurfer639 10 місяців тому +1

      I wondered about the kid in the beginning but by the end of the film, it all made sense.

  • @maurawhelan3530
    @maurawhelan3530 Рік тому +20

    Liked hearing Irish spoken…so interesting. Not what I expected it to sound like…

    • @EMMYK1916
      @EMMYK1916 Рік тому +6

      Just curious as an Irish speaker myself, what do you think Irish sounds like?

    • @georgeschaut2178
      @georgeschaut2178 Рік тому +3

      It's wonderful to hear it spoken in its natural setting. As a Canadian, I would've assumed that it'd be spoken as a seldom-used second language after English. It's interesting to see a family order food in a restaurant using it. George, Sudbury, Canada

    • @saltysteve7834
      @saltysteve7834 Рік тому +1

      @@EMMYK1916 I'm guessing your "Tally Stick" doesn't have any notches in it.

    • @EMMYK1916
      @EMMYK1916 Рік тому

      @@saltysteve7834 Don't know what a "tally stick" is is.

    • @saltysteve7834
      @saltysteve7834 Рік тому +4

      @@EMMYK1916 The "tally stick", or "bata scoir" in Irish, was introduced into classrooms. Children attending school had to wear a stick on a piece of string around their necks. Each time they used Irish, a notch was cut into the stick. At the end of the day, they would be punished according to how many notches they had on their stick.

  • @paulabrown6840
    @paulabrown6840 Рік тому +37

    How can this be so moving? It’s really wonderful.

    • @tristanheanue7168
      @tristanheanue7168 Рік тому +3

      Thank you so much for your kind words, I'm delighted you enjoyed it:)

    • @Headintodreams
      @Headintodreams 9 місяців тому +1

      So emotionally moving in such a short amount if time. Unbelievable. I love this short film.

  • @lambidextretv8877
    @lambidextretv8877 Рік тому +15

    Court et efficace. Un vrai plaisir aussi que de voir ces images irlandaises. Merci Tristan Heanue ! C'est un sujet délicat et vous l'abordez avec justesse.

  • @mtaylor325
    @mtaylor325 9 місяців тому +2

    Minimalist perfection! Just brilliant in every way.

  • @lovethatagave
    @lovethatagave Рік тому +12

    What a wonderful film. Thank you, Mr. Heanue.

    • @tristanheanue7168
      @tristanheanue7168 Рік тому +2

      Thank you so much Benjamin, so glad you enjoyed it:)

  • @lovelyskull3483
    @lovelyskull3483 Рік тому +8

    This made me cry and smile. Thank you.

  • @justingoldstein1577
    @justingoldstein1577 Рік тому +8

    Thank you so much for your tender and Seemingly insightful Handling of very difficult moments.

  • @Charlies1970TA
    @Charlies1970TA Рік тому +4

    Loved it. The human element, connection.........

  • @jenl3162
    @jenl3162 Рік тому +8

    Best 12 minutes of my week.

    • @tristanheanue7168
      @tristanheanue7168 Рік тому +2

      Thank you so much for those words, delighted you enjoyed it :)

  • @ruthdorward6105
    @ruthdorward6105 Рік тому +18

    So much said with so few words. What a wonderful film 🥰

    • @tristanheanue7168
      @tristanheanue7168 Рік тому +1

      Thank you so much:)

    • @Headintodreams
      @Headintodreams 9 місяців тому

      The way the mother gently moved the jacket from the wrist🥺🥺

  • @michaeltheaney
    @michaeltheaney 4 місяці тому +3

    Subtle and emotionally powerful. Brilliantly done!

  • @sera2775
    @sera2775 Рік тому +4

    this film is why i love the short format the most.

    • @sichona
      @sichona Рік тому +1

      Hooray for short films!

  • @rsrfm24
    @rsrfm24 Рік тому +9

    ❤😢😊In life ,as short as it is, human beings need to learn that we are never alone. Moment to moment, we should always know and feel that there is always a way, a way to look on the better side of life.To think that you have reach a wall in life ,no escape, to think of trying to end it ,one should know that endings like beginnings come in many forms. There is always a different door there…look and you Will see it. “Sticks and stones will break your bones,but names will Never hurt you!” A saying heard but meaning often missed! Just like when you are born ,as a new life begins, growing and learning all about existence on our beautiful planet we call Earth…and as we grow older and wiser, we never ever stop learning till we die and move on , to a journey yet to be found.You experience new things and find ways that help you on your way in life as you grow up and if you look at it you’ll see there is always someone there.The simple things are easy, but the harder things need help. Remember …. there is always help and someone there…your never ever really alone.❤👍❤️🙏👋😁

  • @the-bookworm24
    @the-bookworm24 Рік тому +11

    Excellent short film.

  • @ashaw6960
    @ashaw6960 5 місяців тому +2

    So well done! So many emotions that need a loving & understanding place to heal & rest

  • @dagmarquadros1713
    @dagmarquadros1713 Рік тому +12

    Wonderful film, both sad and uplifting. Just like life

    • @tristanheanue7168
      @tristanheanue7168 Рік тому +2

      Thank you for your kind words, delighted you enjoyed it:)

  • @hope1416
    @hope1416 Рік тому +41

    I understand that the mother is upset, but the dad is showing more support and understanding through his way of communicating with the daughter than the mother. Clearly the mother-daughter relationship in this family is strained. In this moment, it is not about the mother but about the daughter who needs support.

    • @TheJon2442
      @TheJon2442 Рік тому +2

      So the mother is unaffected. I wonder how you would cope in such a situation?

    • @mhsclassof08
      @mhsclassof08 Рік тому +10

      I saw the mother, struggling to find a way in, holding her daughter's hand and fixing her nails as a sign of her attempt to reach out to her.

    • @wondergirlnewyork
      @wondergirlnewyork Рік тому +11

      The father was more trying to be compassionate but it’s also human to be angry, like the mother. The movie probably just wanted to show a range of reactions/emotions… like a reflection of reality.

    • @hope1416
      @hope1416 11 місяців тому +5

      @@TheJon2442 My comment does not say that the mother is unaffected. Personally, I have been on both sides.

    • @Headintodreams
      @Headintodreams 9 місяців тому

      🤔🤔uhhh...

  • @olganikolaevna3957
    @olganikolaevna3957 Рік тому +6

    Thanks a lot 🤝💗🙏
    It's so pleasant to cry with main characters (I'm sorry I don't know how to say exactly cause English is not my native language🤷‍♀️)..

    • @tristanheanue7168
      @tristanheanue7168 Рік тому

      Thank you so much for your words, you explained it perfectly. I'm so glad you enjoyed the film. Tristan (writer/director)

    • @christinalem9836
      @christinalem9836 11 місяців тому

      w

  • @elenamaslennikova7370
    @elenamaslennikova7370 Рік тому +4

    Excellent casting. Thank you

  • @udaybalakrishnan
    @udaybalakrishnan Рік тому +6

    what an extraordinary production - moving sad, depressing and then in a wink hopeful!

    • @tristanheanue7168
      @tristanheanue7168 Рік тому

      Thank you so much for your words. Delighted you enjoyed it. Tristan

  • @Godwinsson77
    @Godwinsson77 Рік тому +4

    Brilliantly crafted and wonderfully acted.

  • @nhiarslain2422
    @nhiarslain2422 Рік тому +3

    Thought provoking! Widespread issue across all nations. Few words needed.

  • @Mtnsunshine
    @Mtnsunshine Рік тому +20

    Goodness. This was powerful. Thank you for its eloquence. 💗

  • @RajKumar-rn5mw
    @RajKumar-rn5mw Рік тому +3

    Heart=touching short film.

  • @kristineberey103
    @kristineberey103 Рік тому +3

    beautiful film, thank you

  • @marym.garcia4147
    @marym.garcia4147 Рік тому +4

    Superbly crafted! Well done.

  • @soulsurfer639
    @soulsurfer639 10 місяців тому +6

    This was amazing!!!! and in the beautiful language of Irish 😀

  • @gilles_jobin
    @gilles_jobin Рік тому +5

    Superbe film. Merci !

  • @sera2775
    @sera2775 Рік тому +3

    this channel is fantastic, great find

  • @elizabethcameron6045
    @elizabethcameron6045 Рік тому +5

    Powerful.

  • @anafegarciaenebral1843
    @anafegarciaenebral1843 Рік тому +2

    Thank you!❤🙏🏻

  • @semcovanmanen7822
    @semcovanmanen7822 Рік тому +3

    i feel this movie exellent

  • @mikeb2575
    @mikeb2575 Рік тому +5

    6:37 "If I shake me cakes at Grand National" lol

  • @patriciasauermann3805
    @patriciasauermann3805 Рік тому +15

    whoever was touched by this, please pray for us.

    • @saram4271
      @saram4271 Рік тому +2

      Or Lord Christ you healed the lepers, you raised the dead, now we ask you to pour out Your powerful healing on those who suffer in this way. Thank you.

  • @mariacristinalastrabelgran4025

    Thanks so much!

  • @nikkodemus1296
    @nikkodemus1296 Рік тому +4

    Beautiful❤

  • @jenniferrhodes6821
    @jenniferrhodes6821 11 місяців тому +2

    The smile

  • @noname-by3qz
    @noname-by3qz 2 місяці тому +1

    I'm very pleased to hear the Irish language spoken! Interesting!

  • @ram3621
    @ram3621 11 днів тому

    Short, sweet, meaningful

  • @silvinaprioris5207
    @silvinaprioris5207 Рік тому +4

    Una belleza ¡¡¡

  • @sanchoodell6789
    @sanchoodell6789 Рік тому +3

    This film deals with difficult Ghaelteacht subjects which are usually quite "An Táibiú" there. Alot of the dialogue was recorded in the car "An Ceair Mhótar" which made it feel more paced and at the end in the "An Caiféilann" (The Café or cafeteria) was also good. Also the crying seen in "An Tóilaédlerí" (the toilets)

    • @kingofcelts
      @kingofcelts Рік тому +3

      I don't know what kind of half Irish you learned in school, but toilet has always been Leithreas..

    • @soulsurfer639
      @soulsurfer639 10 місяців тому +1

      @@kingofcelts Haha was just going to comment on that lol! Cá bhfuil na leithris? 🚽😦?

    • @keithandersonbrady5026
      @keithandersonbrady5026 8 місяців тому +1

      Cén teanga atá tú ag iarraidh a labhairt? Is cinnte nach bhfuil aon chanúint ar eolas agam. 😂
      What language are you trying to speak? It is certainly not any dialect that I know of.

  • @MOSSFEEN
    @MOSSFEEN Рік тому +2

    WOW

  • @williamharley6588
    @williamharley6588 Рік тому +4

    Story telling at its best. Less is more.

  • @margkropf5541
    @margkropf5541 Рік тому +2

    Impeccable acting. I did not read that it was Gaelic. I was guessing. Norwegian.

  • @sherryclinton9854
    @sherryclinton9854 Рік тому +3

    So beautiful . One of my brothers committed suicide

  • @cynthia1477
    @cynthia1477 Рік тому +6

    the universal parent-teen phone conflict seen in every culture/society 😕

  • @Headintodreams
    @Headintodreams 10 місяців тому +1

    I fell in love with this shirt folm tbe first time I saw it. That has not changed. I really want to own this to be abke to show for when my friends and I have movie night.

    • @tristanheanue7168
      @tristanheanue7168 9 місяців тому +1

      Thank you so much for your kind words. I'm so glad you enjoyed it. 😊

    • @Headintodreams
      @Headintodreams 9 місяців тому +1

      @@tristanheanue7168 Enjoyed it? It had me in my feelings. It was the emotions berween all that damn silence and I love the mother and daughter interaction. The dad's wink and the daughter's smile just pushed me over the emotional ledge. Is there any way I can purchase this from you? Because I'd gladly do it. Question. Can I repost this on my Instagram page? I'd do it in a heart beat, with all your information of course. It's so good. (sighs) you are extremely good at your craft.

    • @Headintodreams
      @Headintodreams 9 місяців тому +1

      @@tristanheanue7168 Can I purchase this somehow? Like online somewhere? I want to take it to movie night with friends.

    • @tristanheanue7168
      @tristanheanue7168 8 місяців тому +1

      So sorry, I'm only seeing this last comment now. There is no purchase option but I could send it to you in any form you'd like ao you can screen it. And please share wherever you feel. Thank you so much for watching, its beautiful to hear peoples thoughts on the film. Tristan

    • @Headintodreams
      @Headintodreams 8 місяців тому

      @@tristanheanue7168 that would be amazing. I would love to watch it with a big group of friends and watch the reactions in the room. Now how could you send it to me? 🤔 Via email but it might be too big a file. Via my Instagram page? How can I give you either privately?

  • @iwona6201
    @iwona6201 Рік тому +8

    Who plays the nurse or doctor when they come to take their daughter home ? Does any one knows ? My screen is too small to read the cast ...

    • @tristanheanue7168
      @tristanheanue7168 Рік тому +9

      Hello, I'm the writer and director of the film. My sister Samantha plays the nurse :)

    • @iwona6201
      @iwona6201 Рік тому +10

      @@tristanheanue7168 How delightful ! I appreciate. I love NITV shorts because they are honest, psychologically true and well made. So is your short movie, thank you.

    • @tristanheanue7168
      @tristanheanue7168 Рік тому +4

      Thank you so much, I'm delighted you enjoyed it.

    • @fatimaakram4329
      @fatimaakram4329 Рік тому +2

      @@tristanheanue7168 can you explain the film? I didn't quite get the meaning behind it

    • @pure_chaos3427
      @pure_chaos3427 Рік тому +3

      @@tristanheanue7168 how did you get the inspiration for it? or who drove you to make it (if anyone).

  • @lpine4211
    @lpine4211 Рік тому +3

    Why does the mother get so upset about the phone....? The phone has something to do with it all. The mother's face... I never want to see that phone in your hand again. What did she do, why did she try to harm/kill herself if that's what she did. ??? Unless I missed something....?

    • @nom5205
      @nom5205 Рік тому

      same question i had... hope someone answers.

    • @camcoolbananas
      @camcoolbananas Рік тому +4

      The phone possibly was a conduit of one of the sources of distress burdening the young woman; in her mother’s eye’s. Because the mother loves her daughter and so, along with her father, feels great pain and complicated anguish regarding their daughter’s despair, the mother is coping by trying to “fix” or “control” their circumstances in an effort or attempt to remedy the pain her daughter is experiencing. Her husband and daughter understand that this is her way, though the father does appeal to his wife to be more gentle. But I think the three of them understand there is deep love between them and we all have idiosyncratic ways of expressing our love and also of our pain, grief and despair. The parents are trying to navigate a situation for which one cannot really prepare for and is unique in it’s peculiar complexities of deep love, regret, grief, perhaps anger, disappointment, shame, remorse, anguish, self-blame, sadness, but also relief and possibly in some situations hope. Amongst multiple nuanced and complicated responses and emotions. Tye parents do their best to keep their own feelings of devastation and despair from taking over so they may be loving supports for their daughter’s recovery. Got sidetracked from the phone though. I think peer, social, and the general pressures of growing up in contemporary society where factors the mother felt held some responsibility for her daughter attempting to end her life, and her instinct to protect her daughter from destructive forces identified the phone as leaving her daughter vulnerable. Though I also imagine the mother gaining a wider gaze as they retreat some distance from the pivotal tragedy. This was a stunning short film. I was very moved. I have survived a suicide attempt as a younger person. Now a parent to two teenagers whom I love more savagely than I imagined possible, I grieve once more in a deepening understanding of how deeply my suicidal behaviour must have carved despair into my parents and immediate family. The film provoked thought, emotion, and allowed me a glimpse into other people’s experiences with beauty, insight, which is more than one could hope for in a film, let alone a 12 minute one which was free to view. Thank you

    • @tristanheanue7168
      @tristanheanue7168 Рік тому +1

      @@camcoolbananas Thank you so much for this beautiful comment, you understood the film perfectly and I'm so happy you connected with it. Thank you for watching. Tristan (Writer/Director)

  • @jitendrac1107
    @jitendrac1107 3 місяці тому +2

    I first thought that the daughter is heavily into horse racing...jockey or something and she got herself hurt...
    Is there anyone else who thought something along the same lines?

  • @azaadazaa6187
    @azaadazaa6187 Рік тому +2

    Good

  • @allisonfitch6145
    @allisonfitch6145 8 місяців тому +1

    I had NO IDEA what was going on. All these people in the comments seem to know what's going on, and I've seen the whole thing and I still don't.

    • @sparkythancztwise
      @sparkythancztwise 4 місяці тому

      When they were seated at the table and daughter changed into the fresh "jumper" her mother had brought along, her bare arms became visible and she had bandages from the hospital on her wrists which indicated that she had attempted suicide by slitting the veins in her wrists (but she had either been found in time by someone and taken to hospital, or, she had regretted it immediately and she got help on her own). As soon as her wrists are visible and the father becomes overwhelmed with emotion and excuses himself to go privately emote and get his bearings and calm down again, the rest of the parts of the story all add up and make a lot more sense.

  • @feargach2107
    @feargach2107 Рік тому +2

    Go hálainn! Míle buíochas,

  • @danielpoland808
    @danielpoland808 Місяць тому +1

    Bhí sé sin go hálainn 😢

  • @1gerard47
    @1gerard47 Рік тому +4

    It was so sad,and got a message across ,should be sent to all the leaders of the world.

  • @donaljewelry9152
    @donaljewelry9152 Рік тому +2

    🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺

  • @constancecurry1427
    @constancecurry1427 Рік тому +5

    Can someone tell me where this was filmed?

    • @deirdreruane8104
      @deirdreruane8104 Рік тому +5

      Éire..

    • @tristanheanue7168
      @tristanheanue7168 Рік тому +7

      It was filmed in Connemara, Co. Galway. Specifically Letterfrack & Derryinver :)

    • @An-Chliste
      @An-Chliste 10 місяців тому +1

      @@tristanheanue7168 Tristan Heanue ... You truly inherited a gift. You seemingly effortlessly conveyed so much in such a gifted and minimal manner. I cannot express in words how appreciative I am of your ability and of the gift you inherited but please know my sentiments are genuine and profound. I am proud of the heritage we share with our ancestors and their descendants. Go raibh míle maith agat!

  • @caelachyt
    @caelachyt Рік тому +1

    See kids, what happens to you happens to us too.

  • @2Sugarbears
    @2Sugarbears Рік тому +4

    There but for the ......................................

  • @najeebdurrani
    @najeebdurrani Рік тому +4

    I didn't understand the story. Can someone help me why her parents were so sorrowful and were weeping constantly?

    • @marygeorge9662
      @marygeorge9662 Рік тому +2

      Their daughter had attempted to take her own life.

    • @Nicole-gm4rk
      @Nicole-gm4rk Рік тому +1

      @@marygeorge9662 wait i’m confused lol, how can u tell? what gave it off

    • @byrninrubber
      @byrninrubber Рік тому +6

      @@Nicole-gm4rk The bandages on both her wrists at 8.44

    • @monikagarnys5504
      @monikagarnys5504 Рік тому +2

      Maybe because they are not able to understand the situation trying to do their best.

    • @CosmosMarinerDU
      @CosmosMarinerDU Рік тому +4

      @@Nicole-gm4rk -- I'm old and don't understand my language anymore. What do you mean by "lol"? I know it literally means "laughing out loud" But I'm sure you don't literally mean that.
      You asked how do we know the daughter tried to commit suicide and that you are confused LOL. I can't believe you really meant that you were laughing that a young girl tried to kill herself. Or even that you were confused about it.
      So what does lol mean nowadays.
      And this is not just aimed at you. I've had this wondering with other young people in my experience who used lol in contexts where I couldn't see anything funny was being mentioned. Thank you.

  • @quizdayz
    @quizdayz Рік тому +2

    I didn't get it. What has happened to the girl?

    • @iwona6201
      @iwona6201 Рік тому +3

      She tried to kill herself by slashing her veins .....

    • @quizdayz
      @quizdayz Рік тому +1

      @@iwona6201 Reason for her attempt ? Is somehow horses connected to the plot?

    • @iwona6201
      @iwona6201 Рік тому +2

      @@quizdayz Family problems.

    • @ema.mp3
      @ema.mp3 Рік тому +2

      @@iwona6201 How helpful 💀

    • @merrickjones
      @merrickjones Рік тому +5

      Think the girl attempted to commit suicide by slicing her wrists.

  • @abdulmaleksikder4903
    @abdulmaleksikder4903 Місяць тому +1

    Beautifully cinematic. Bravo to the director.

    • @tristanheanue7168
      @tristanheanue7168 Місяць тому

      Thank you so much, I'm delighted you enjoyed it :)

  • @FearghusMacMurchaidh
    @FearghusMacMurchaidh 11 місяців тому +2

    Cá háit an bhfuil an gearrscannán seo suite? An bhfuil sé i gContae Dún na nGall?

    • @tristanheanue7168
      @tristanheanue7168 11 місяців тому +1

      Connemara, Co. Galway 😊

    • @FearghusMacMurchaidh
      @FearghusMacMurchaidh 11 місяців тому +1

      Thanks I couldn't tell from the accent bc I'm from county down so I can't really tell western accents apart that well

  • @dr.livesea
    @dr.livesea Рік тому +6

    I thought Irish people speak English. Evidently I was mistaken.

    • @tristanheanue7168
      @tristanheanue7168 Рік тому +6

      Hello, there are certain parts of the country where the irish language is still spoken, but the majority speak English.

    • @dr.livesea
      @dr.livesea Рік тому +2

      @@tristanheanue7168 yeah I ve already made my research on this topic. Many Irish people seem to feel sorry for not speaking their own language fluently.

    • @deirdreruane8104
      @deirdreruane8104 Рік тому +2

      Ah well we do..after the 'gaeilge' was knocked out of us. ...but thankfully small pockets of communities called ' An Gealtacht' still exist where irish is the primary language

    • @tristanheanue7168
      @tristanheanue7168 Рік тому

      @@dr.livesea Yes, it's a real shame :(

    • @EMMYK1916
      @EMMYK1916 Рік тому +1

      An bhfuil tú thíos leis an gcóras oideachais iontach Meiriceánach seo a chloisimid faoi?

  • @williamhennessey3677
    @williamhennessey3677 Рік тому +2

    Go hiontach.

  • @ericdelorme8777
    @ericdelorme8777 Рік тому +2

    Is Francach-Éireannach mé de bhunadh, a rugadh in Aontas na bPoblachtaí Sóisialacha Sóivéadacha. Labhair muid Gàidhlig sa teaghlach. Agus tar éis chliseadh an APSS, tháinig mé go hÉirinn agus bhí díomá orm: beagnach 90 bliain tar éis neamhspleáchas a fháil, is iad na hÉireannaigh a labhraíonn béarla den chuid is mó. Náire!

    • @bonmacg3630
      @bonmacg3630 Рік тому +1

      Ar an drochuair tá ceart agat. Is mór an náire é. Ag an am céanna tá súil agam go tiocfaidh an teanga arís i mbéal na daoine

  • @idkwhatthisis3158
    @idkwhatthisis3158 Рік тому +1

    i don’t understand why the mom started crying when she saw the little girl and her mom can someone explain?

    • @Auriflamme
      @Auriflamme Рік тому +7

      She reminded her of her own daughter, and you could infer that she was thinking about her at that age, when she was her 'little girl' and wondering what happened to her to make her want to take her own life.

  • @tiffanyohara6364
    @tiffanyohara6364 5 місяців тому +1

    @lorainemasterton2942 you have proven again the innate gift of the IRISH to write Divinely. Tiffany Faune Shannon O'Hara and her Mystical Clan

    • @tristanheanue7168
      @tristanheanue7168 5 місяців тому

      Thank you so much, delighted you enjoyed the film :)

  • @hana.the.writer5074
    @hana.the.writer5074 Рік тому +1

    I began to recognize Irish facial features. They do have significant marks just like other races in the globe. Yes, there’re biracials but they’d still be recognizable somehow.

  • @artisticw1zard
    @artisticw1zard Рік тому +3

    Umm, i did not understand what happened here

    • @merrickjones
      @merrickjones Рік тому +7

      I feel like the girl had attempted to commit suicide by slicing her wrists.

    • @dionysos1096
      @dionysos1096 Рік тому +13

      -due to the social media bullying she exposed

  • @jurijnowicki8769
    @jurijnowicki8769 Рік тому +2

    Украïнською, будь ласка...

  • @michaeljames5936
    @michaeljames5936 10 місяців тому +2

    Great film, as someone who works in the mental-health field, the implication that those little bandages were the signs of an 'attempted suicide'.. by cutting her arms? Almost impossible and as self-harm by cutting is incredibly common and tends to freak out the parents, who think it is related to suicidal behaviour. I spend a lot of time explaining that they are not related and that cutting is essentially a mal-adaptive coping strategy, like smoking, or drinking alcohol. Please don't make my work harder.

  • @Sl20
    @Sl20 7 місяців тому +1

    The cinematography was amazing the message was awesome the acting excellent!!!🤫🔴🫢