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A Want in Her

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A compelling exploration of the messiness of family love. When her troubled mother goes missing, Irish filmmaker Myrid Carten returns home to find her, but risks losing herself.

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Wendy Ide Observer (UK) It’s profoundly moving: mother-daughter relations are examined with a clear eye and a fierce love. Oct 16, 2025 Full Review Bedatri D. Choudhury Sight & Sound The film does an exceptional job of provoking empathy and a shared sense of dejection, but at times leaves the viewer wishing it would trade its abstraction for a fuller picture of Nuala. Oct 10, 2025 Full Review Tara Brady Irish Times Carten has previously mined her upbringing in gallery and multimedia work, but A Want in Her fuses her art practice with film in a formally daring, emotionally provocative piece. Rated: 4/5 Oct 9, 2025 Full Review Chris Wasser Sunday Independent (Ireland) More of a stylised video essay than a straightforward documentary, A Want in Her provides an intimate yet somewhat muddled account of unresolved familial tensions in a house that’s been destroyed by addiction. An unusual film, but an important one. Rated: 3/5 Oct 14, 2025 Full Review Sarah McIntyre RTÉ (Ireland) At its heart, A Want In Her grapples with the idea of loving someone without losing yourself in the process, and doesn't offer any pat answers to the thorny questions it poses. Rated: 5/5 Oct 10, 2025 Full Review Jennie Kermode Eye for Film It feels organic, spreading outwards from that centre which might swallow everything. Rated: 4.5/5 Oct 10, 2025 Full Review Read all reviews

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Myrid Carten

Director

Myrid Carten

Self

Myrid Carten

Screenwriter

Tadhg O'Sullivan

Producer

Roisin Geraghty

Producer

Kat Mansoor

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Movie Info

Synopsis A compelling exploration of the messiness of family love. When her troubled mother goes missing, Irish filmmaker Myrid Carten returns home to find her, but risks losing herself.
Director
Myrid Carten
Producer
Tadhg O'Sullivan, Roisin Geraghty, Kat Mansoor
Screenwriter
Myrid Carten
Production Co
Snowstorm Productions, Basalt Film
Genre
Documentary
Original Language
English
Runtime
1h 22m