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IntheirdebutdocumentaryChristineMolloyandJoeLawlortakeastheirpointofdeparturethecompelling18thCenturyfigure,AmbroseO'Higgins,andattempttoretracehisremarkablejourneyfromIrelandtoChile.KeylocationsinO'Higgins'life-alakeinSligo,afieldinMeath,theportofCadiz,thesea,andtheedgeofasnow-coveredmountainintheAndes-arevisitedandreflecteduponinthehopethatsomethingmightberevealed,asiftheseverylocationsmightcontainclues.HavinglongdreamtofmakingabiopicofO'Higgins,thiswaywardandwrydocumentaryisthefilmmakers'attempttorealisethisdreamthroughapersonalvoyageintotheideaofthecinematiclocation.However,astheyspeculateontheideaofplaceandwhatO'Higginsembodies,thefilmmakerscontinuallygetsidetrackedbyacompetingstoryofimmigrationanddisplacement.Gradually,andnotwithouthumour,theseintertwiningnarrativesuncoverideasaboutthetransformativepowersoftravelling,aslookedatthroughthepeculiarprismoftheIrishexperience.
