Irish Film Institute -FIRST FORTNIGHT: THE LOW ROAD

FIRST FORTNIGHT: THE LOW ROAD

Director: Stephen Mulhearn

99 mins, 2025, UK, Digital


After the suicide of her best friend, a guilt-ridden and heartbroken young woman hikes Scotland’s West Highland Way to find salvation. Unprepared and overwhelmed she embarks on a journey from the streets of Glasgow to the breath-taking scenery of the Scottish Highlands. As our heroine heals, she finds the courage to speak out against the everyday misogyny she encounters, and about her deeply personal struggles with self-harm. The end of her pilgrimage takes her to her lost friend’s family home on the Isle of Skye. There, in the arms of his mother, her grief is transformed. She returns home released from her past and able to speak publicly about her trauma. Her brave public exposé of the mental health crisis facing young people sparks positive change and her new life begins.

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