No./20
Bringing a Greek tragedy to an Irish village
God’s Creatures’ co-directors break down their rainswept parable about a small-town predator
Paul Mescal as Brian;
On the set of God’s Creatures;
Mescal with Emily Watson as his mum, Aileen.
A MOTHER’S IMPOSSIBLE decision drives God’s Creatures, a bracing psychological drama that filmmaker Anna Rose Holmer describes as a “mythic Greek tragedy” set in an Irish fishing village. The mother, Aileen, is played by Emily Watson, who Holmer and her co-director Saela Davis wanted so desperately for the role that they wrote her a letter saying as much.