‘The Lighthouse’ to screen at Mermaid
THE film ‘ The Lighthouse’ will screen in Mermaid Arts Centre on Monday, October 26, at 8 p.m.
In the late 19th century, veteran seafarer Tom Wake ( Willem Dafoe) and apprentice Ephraim Winslow (Robert Pattinson) arrive on a remote New England island to manage a lighthouse for a four-week period.
Tom’s hostile manner soon creates tensions between the two men, but when Ephraim also becomes curious about the lighthouse lamp that only Tom is allowed access to, the situation deteriorates further.
Dafoe and Pattinson turn in extraordinary performances as The Lighthouse keepers who slowly descend into madness. Shot on 35mm black-and-white film, and using hypnotic sound design combined with otherworldly imagery, this latest film from director Robert Eggers (‘The Witch’) is an unsettling psychological thriller, which stays in the mind of the viewer long after the credits role.
The film won the FIBRESCI Prize at Directors’ Fortnight at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival.
Tickets are €9 or €7 concession and are available from the box office at 01 2724030.