Windswept moors, rugged crags, dangerous currents are captured in arresting cinematography, and thank goodness for these points of interest.
High profile actors do their best to convey characters that whisper, glower and seethe.
A maybe miracle in a barn, a possible 'murrrder' in glasgow, and a certain menace in the church are all devices that are painfully slowly stitched together in this dour, drab and ultimately fairly insubstantial tale.