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Mare's Nest

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Moon travels through a mysterious world free of adults. She meets a sage, and her translator, in a mountain hut, where she tries to understand what is happening. She meets many others who show her different possibilities for living. She observes and moves on into an unknown future.

Critics Reviews

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David Jenkins Little White Lies Jun 5
It’s best not to exert too much energy attempting to divulge a simple meaning to this story, as all of Rivers’ best work. Go to Full Review Peter Bradshaw Guardian Nov 26
4/5
It is opaque but with flashes of strange brilliance. Go to Full Review Lucy Peters Little White Lies Oct 22
Shot beautifully on 16mm, it serves as the perfect cinematic antidote to technological burnout, albeit with a strangely sinister underbelly. Go to Full Review Peter Keough Arts Fuse 3d
This adaptation by Ben Rivers, who is a painter as well as a filmmaker, brings a vivid visual sense to a stage-bound production, though it fails to do justice to the author’s dense linguistic preoccupations Go to Full Review Sparks Lowry Spectrum Culture 5d
Ben Rivers has clearly evolved into a filmmaking phase where he wears his concerns more openly on his sleeve, but at what cost? Go to Full Review Vadim Rizov Filmmaker Magazine Sep 10
A lot of the film is unexceptional. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

Audience Reviews

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Stephen C @bob25009 6d Success in 1 hour and 38 minutes. All ages admitted worldwide. See more Read all reviews
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Cast & Crew

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Ben Rivers

Director

Moon Guo Barker

Actor

Ben Rivers

Producer

Andrea Queralt

Producer

Aonan Yang

Producer

Ben Rivers

Screenwriter
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Movie Info

Synopsis Moon travels through a mysterious world free of adults. She meets a sage, and her translator, in a mountain hut, where she tries to understand what is happening. She meets many others who show her different possibilities for living. She observes and moves on into an unknown future.
Director
Ben Rivers
Producer
Ben Rivers, Andrea Queralt, Aonan Yang
Screenwriter
Ben Rivers
Distributor
Grasshopper Film
Production Co
Urth Films, 4A4 Productions
Genre
Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Jun 24, 2026, Limited
Runtime
1h 38m