A skilled magician recruits an unlikely team for a daring heist to acquire a valuable gem. As they navigate their intertwined histories and escalating stakes, they must master deception, confront vulnerabilities.
Taratoa Stappard’s brooding debut feature plunges us into the dour moors of 1859 North Yorkshire, where the British Empire’s reach casts long and twisted shadows. Mary Stevens (Ariāna Osborne), a young Māori teacher from Aotearoa (New Zealand), arrives in