Lies We Tell – Watch the trailer for the subversive take on J.S. Le Fanu’s gothic novel

Ireland, 1864. Newly-orphaned heiress MAUD RUTHYN becomes ward of her notorious uncle, SILAS RUTHYN. Maud, grief-struck and proud, rejects support from her two trustees, Dr. BRYERLY and CAPTAIN ILBURY, and welcomes Silas, his children EMILY and EDWARD, and governess MADAME to her isolated manor.

But the arrival of Maud’s estranged family is in fact a malign home invasion. Silas plans to secure her inheritance for himself, and compel Maud to forfeit her position by marrying her cousin Edward— or dying.

Threatened, betrayed, and outnumbered by Silas and his allies, teenaged Maud now has to fight for her birthright. Instead of breaking her, the escalating danger sparks gambit after gambit against her charming, dangerous uncle— and a final, murderous showdown.

A subversive take on J.S. Le Fanu’s gothic sensation novel: our Maud is anything but a victim.

Directed by Lisa Mulcahy, the film stars Agnes O’Casey, David Wilmot, Chris Walley, Holly Sturton, Gráinne Keenan, Mark Doherty, Ellaine O’Dwyer, Kieran Roche, John Olohan, Eleanor Methven, and Heather Leonard.

Lies We Tell is out On Demand and On Digital from 13th September 2024.