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The Three Sisters
Ireland 2014
produced by
Dáire McNab for Juxtaposition Media
directed by Dáire McNab
starring Elliot Moriarty, Gillian Walsh, Giovanni Lombardo Radice, Neill Fleming, Robert D. Donohoe, Ciara Barrett, Emma Keaveney, Jacinta McNab, Sinéad Moloney, Henry McNab, Jack Nolan, Hugh Sullivan, Selena Walsh
written, edited and cinematography by Dáire McNab, music by Repeated Viewing, songs by Roisin O, Tandem Felix, special effects by Rory McNab, Henry McNab, Dáire McNab
review by
Mike Haberfelner
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Sarah (Gillian Walsh) is devastated when she learns that at the very
day her uncle was laid to rest, her sister Emma (Selena Walsh) was
murdered in the apartment they shared. Unable to stay in this apartment,
for security as well as personal reasons, and not wanting to move back
with her parents again since her father (Giovanni Lombardo Radice) is
slowly dying from cancer, she asks her ex Dylan (Elliot Moriarty) to pur
her up for the night at least - and he shows general concern even aside
from wanting to get together with her again. There is a police detective
(Neill Fleming) on the case, and Dylan soon hooks up with him to find out
what's happening, but he doesn't seem to have a clue (or doesn't want to
give away too much), so Dylan and Sarah decide to pick up investigations
on their own ... which is when Dylan finds out with her uncle gone, Sarah
is incredibly wealthy. Add to that the fact that the uncle might not have
died from natural causes after all ... Apparently, Dylan has picked up
some vital clues, so someone calls him to a secret meeting place - where
Dylan waits in vain, while Sarah's other sister (Sinéad Moloney) and the
ex (Ciara Barrett) are killed in their respective apartments, and when
Dylan receives a phonecall from the Detective the next morning, some
shocking new evidence comes to light ... Quite
obviously, The Three Sisters was heavily inspired by the giallos
from the genre's golden age (the 1970s), it features a convoluted
whodunnit plot, a masked and brutal killer and violent killings, the
youngsters who want to find out what's going on on their own, it's very
stylishly directed, and makes good use of its musical score - and yet, The
Three Sisters is not so much an hommage to the genre but a really good
and tense thriller. The point here is, while The Three Sisters
clearly acknowledges its genre roots, it doesn't ape past genre greats or
see the giallo stuck back in the 1970s but apply a totally modern attitude
to genre tactics of old via direction, style and music. And add to this a
very competent cast, and you've got a very cool thriller that will appeal
to genre afficionados and people who have never heard the expression
"giallo" before alike?
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