Festivals - Sundance Film Festival 2021 : Eight for silver directed by Sean Ellis will have its world premiere

By Mulder, 25 december 2020

In the late nineteenth century, brutal land baron Seamus Laurent (Alistair Petrie) slaughters a Roma clan, unleashing a curse on his family and village. In the days that follow, the townspeople are plagued by nightmares, Seamus’s son Edward (Max Mackintosh) goes missing, and a boy is found murdered. The locals suspect a wild animal, but visiting pathologist John McBride (Boyd Holbrook) warns of a more sinister presence lurking in the woods.

Writer-director Sean Ellis follows up his audience award–winning feature Metro Manila (World Cinema Audience Award, 2013 Sundance Film Festival) with this gruesome gothic spin on werewolf lore. Eight for Silver is a beautifully crafted period piece and a supremely effective horror tale. Moving from the creepy candlelit interiors of the family manor to the misty woods beyond, Ellis conjures a clammy atmosphere of doom and dread, punctuated by waking nightmares and sudden bursts of body horror. As Holbrook’s haunted hunter comes closer to his quarry, Eight for Silver takes an unflinching look at the monsters that lurk inside of men.

Synopsis :
In the late 1800s, a man arrives in a remote country village to investigate an attack by a wild animal but discovers a much deeper and sinister force that has the manor and its townspeople in its grip.

Eight for silver (U.S.A./France)
Written and directed by Sean Ellis
Produced by Pete Shilaimon, Mickey Liddell, Sean Ellis
Executive Producers : Jacob Yakob, Alison Semenza King
Starring Boyd Holbrook, Kelly Reilly, Alistair Petrie, Roxane Duran, Áine Rose Daly
Music by Robin Foster
Cinematography : Sean Ellis
Production Designer : Pascal Le Guellec
Costume Designer : Madeline Fontaine
Edited by Yorgos Mavropsaridis, Richard Mettler
Distributed by LD Entertainment
Release date : January 31, 2021 (Sundance)
Running time : 113 minutes

Premiere : jan. 31 - 3:00am // Second screening : feb. 1 - 4:00pm (local time)

(Source : press release)