If I were asked to describe Uisdean Murray's film in one word, I would say "Enigma". "Mara The Seal Wife" is a very exciting and deep mystical love story, a real original drama, which I watched with pleasure in one breath!
I want to start praising this project for a long time, without guile the director of Scottish origin managed to come to his homeland and create a luxurious film, luxurious in all respects. I want to start with the absolutely crazy landscapes of the Outer Hebrides of Scotland, wild delight, Uisdean his team were able to convey the incredible picturesqueness, ferocity and mystery of the Scottish coast through the screen! Huge waves crashing against the rocks, green spacious fields against the background of the sound of the sea, oh it was incredible even through the screen, and someone was lucky enough to see it live. Thanks to the operator and color editor, the landscapes turned out insanely natural and natural.
If we talk about the plot, there is an endless scope for discussion. Uisdean took as a basis folklore stories about mysterious inhabitants of the seas, which are very popular among the native people of Scotland and are incredibly interesting to the whole world. The most important feeling that the author manages to maintain throughout the film is the balance between reality and mysticism, thanks to which mysticism increasingly begins to seem like the truth, frightening, mysterious, but at the same time exciting truth.
This love story is not new, but its interpretation is incredibly original. Thanks to the outstanding acting skills of Sarah Pritchard and Kevin Kelly, we got two completely different characters who change greatly during the course of the film and show themselves from different sides, sometimes causing sympathy in the viewer, sometimes worry, and sometimes even rejection, all this speaks of the long and painstaking work on the script.
An incredibly important aspect of the work is also the gorgeous compositional work, which at the right moment is graceful and dangerous, like a raging sea, and sometimes mysterious and unpredictable, like the beloved of the main character. Separately, the notes of the Scottish bagpipes remain in the memory, may the author forgive me if I am mistaken, but I heard exactly that. This is another separate author's sign of the project, which constantly reminds us of its origin.
In conclusion, if you dig deep enough, there are probably aspects of this film that can be improved, but I am stuck somewhere on the shores of Scotland and do not want to delve into any details. This kind of film causes aesthetic pleasure and a desire to watch it, watch it from beginning to end, enjoying the work of the whole team. Uisdean squeezed the maximum out of his idea and script, turning it into an amazing film, which I would recommend watching!