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Fréwaka

Fréwaka

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Fréwaka

2025

1h 43m

6.8(58 votes)

Drama

Fantasy

Horror

Overview

Care worker Shoo, who is haunted by a personal tragedy, is sent to a remote village to care for an agoraphobic woman, who fears both her neighbours and the Na Sídhe – sinister folkloric entities she believes abducted her decades before.

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Production Companies

DoubleBand Films

Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland

Cine4

Wildcard Films

The people behind it

Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

Clare Monnelly

Clare Monnelly

Shoo

Bríd Ní Neachtain

Bríd Ní Neachtain

Peig

Alexandra Bustryzhickaya

Alexandra Bustryzhickaya

Mila

Olga Wehrly

Olga Wehrly

Deirdre

Grace Collender

Grace Collender

Young Peig

Mícheál Óg Lane

Mícheál Óg Lane

Daithí

Tara Breathnach

Tara Breathnach

The Mother

Jim Cunningham

Seán

Peadar Cox

Peadar Cox

Bus Driver

Liv O'Donoghue

Liv O'Donoghue

Receptionist

Creative team

Directed by: Aislinn Clarke
Written by: Aislinn Clarke
Produced by: Patrick O'Neill
Dermot Lavery

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