Short film
Barren
2018 · 21 min
A quiet, numbing walk through grief, more felt than explained, leaving you in the character's hollow stillness.
- Directed by
- Sarah Hickey
- Genres
- Drama
- Starring
- Tom Beaurepaire, Vanessa Crouch, Verity Higgins
- Overview
- Barren tells the story of a young mother named Charley, who experiences trauma and loss. Instead of pushing through her grief and facing the realities of her new world, she decides instead to pack a single bag and abandon everything. This movie follows our lead character as she numbly picks a direction - and simply walks.
- How it feels
- Slow-burning and needs your attention.
- About
- Grief, trauma, isolation, loneliness
- Content
- Mild language. No violence, gore or sexual content.
- Note
- Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown
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- Directed by
- Sarah Hickey
- Genres
- Drama
- Starring
- Tom Beaurepaire, Vanessa Crouch, Verity Higgins



