Lee Haven Jones (Wizards vs. Aliens, Pobol y Cwm, and the controversial Caerdydd) dips his toe into the porous border between fantasy drama and folk horror with a highly ambitious experimental film that's as weird and creepy as the Welsh language itself.
The staging is mundane: an evening meal hosted by a rich businessman and his wife, assisted by a young waitress hired from the local hotel. But even before the guests arrive, strange tensions are building, and we quickly discover that not everything is at it seems...
What does Euros know about the strange discovery at the heart of the recent prospecting excavation? Where did Cadi learn to cook? Why does Gweirydd keep fondling his genitals? You won't learn the answers to any of these questions, but it's fun to speculate!
Gwledd (The Feast) enjoyed stunning first weekend box office returns of $3,620 in the US and Canada-making it the most commercially successful Welsh film in history-but this grim, slow burning post-modern Celtic noir will suit the taste of only the most discerning audiences.
I rate Gwledd at 23.31 on the Haglee Scale, which works out at a sinister 7/10 on IMDB.
The staging is mundane: an evening meal hosted by a rich businessman and his wife, assisted by a young waitress hired from the local hotel. But even before the guests arrive, strange tensions are building, and we quickly discover that not everything is at it seems...
What does Euros know about the strange discovery at the heart of the recent prospecting excavation? Where did Cadi learn to cook? Why does Gweirydd keep fondling his genitals? You won't learn the answers to any of these questions, but it's fun to speculate!
Gwledd (The Feast) enjoyed stunning first weekend box office returns of $3,620 in the US and Canada-making it the most commercially successful Welsh film in history-but this grim, slow burning post-modern Celtic noir will suit the taste of only the most discerning audiences.
I rate Gwledd at 23.31 on the Haglee Scale, which works out at a sinister 7/10 on IMDB.