Brother and sister Isla (Gayle Rankin) and Sandy (Grant O’Rourke) have been living alone on the isolated, windswept Auk Isle off the coast of Scotland for 30 years. Entirely self-reliant, they spend their days hunting and gathering, swapping feverish tales of mainland threats, and preparing for phantom invaders. This translates to things like netting seagulls to make soup, resisting temptations from the seal-faced Fin-Man who may or may not be imaginary, and whacking each other about the head like a Punch and Judy act. They’re feral in that specific way only children left entirely to their own devices can be, raising each other into wild, loyal delinquents. Read More
