VIVARIUM (15)

WHO’S IN IT?

Jesse Eisenberg (The Social Network), Imogen Poots (Black Christmas), Jonathan Aris (The Martian), Danielle Ryan (How About You), Senan Jennings (film debut), Eanna Hardwicke (The Eclipse)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Lorcan Finnegan (Without Name), director; Garret Shanley (Without Name), writer; Brendan McCarthy (The Sun, The Moon and The Stars) and John McDonnell (Wake Wood), producers; Kristian Eidnes Andersen (Nordic Factory), composer; MacGregor (film debut), cinematographer; Tony Cranstoun (Love, Rosie), editor

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

Tom (Eisenberg) and Gemma (Poots) are a young couple who go to view a potential starter home in a mysterious housing development. However, they soon realise that they are trapped in a seemingly never-ending labyrinth of identical houses, and must go through a bizarre ritual of life if they are to have any chance of escaping…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

From the twisted mind of Irish filmmaker Lorcan Finnegan comes a Twilight Zone-esque that plays into every young person’s fear of owning a home for the first time.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

FRIDAY 27TH MARCH 2020 (AVAILABLE ON VOD)

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