Summary
An eco-horror love story between a man, a woman and a tree.
A nemeton was a sacred space of ancient Celtic religion.
Pliny and Lucan wrote that druids did not meet in stone temples or other constructions, but in sacred groves of trees. In his Pharsalia Lucan described such a grove near Massilia in dramatic terms more designed to evoke horror among his Roman hearers than meant as proper natural history:
no bird nested in the nemeton, nor did any animal lurk nearby; the leaves constantly shivered though no breeze stirred. Altars stood in its midst, and the images of the gods. Every tree was stained with sacrificial blood. The very earth groaned, dead yews revived; unconsumed trees were surrounded with flame, and huge serpents twined round the oaks. The people feared to approach the grove, and even the priest would not walk there at midday or midnight lest he should then meet its divine guardian.
Crew
director: Daniel Lambo
writer (script): Daniel Lambo
producer: Daniel Lambo
director of photography: TBC
film editor: TBC
production designer: TBC
Press
Info
release date: 2027
country: Belgium
language: Dutch
runtime: 90 minutes
color: color
release format: DCP
production companies: Lambo Films
support: Flanders Audiovisual Fund (VAF)
Festivals
Cast
TBC