"MARBHNA" translates to elegy, or lament in Irish, with the meaning being, a sad song about a person's death. My piece is a short psychological film that draws inspiration from the Irish language and the dark children’s song of “Weile Weile Waile”. Following a woman dealing with guilt and grief as she is left with the aftermath of what she has done. This comes to a head when she reaches a mysterious cave in the woods. The eerie nursery rhyme “Weile Weile Waile” whispers through history, a grim tale of famine, desperation, and death. It speaks of an old woman who takes the life of an innocent child, and pays for it with the noose. The song condemns her as a monster, her weapon a long, sharp penknife. Her crime, haunting. But what if the story is more than a simple horror? This piece steps into the woman’s shadow, questioning what drove her to this act. Was it hunger, madness, or something far darker? As she drowns in grief and guilt, she seeks solace in the ancient Celtic Goddess of rebirth, but the line between mercy and murder is thin. This is a story of sorrow, madness, and the haunting weight of a mother’s choice, where horror lies not within the act itself, but in the reasons behind it.
