RELIC

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SET in the Victorian countryside and led by an all-female cast spanning three generations, Relic tells the story of Edna (Robyn Nevin, pictured) an elderly and widowed matriarch who goes missing, and her daughter Kay (Emily Mortimer,

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Sam (Bella Heathcote, Bloom), who must travel to their remote family home to find her. Soon after her return, they start to discover a sinister presence haunting the house and taking control of Edna. It premiered to rave reviews at the Sundance Film Festival, with credit to Japanese-Australian director Natalie Erika James, whose debut feature serves as a deeply haunting metaphor for the ravages of Alzheimer’s disease. It reduced me to tears.