Love is a knife with a blade for a handle.
A young couple who collect rare folk ballads discover the dark side of love when they surreptitiously record and translate an ancient, taboo folk song from the deep, forgotten past.
Director
Paul Duane
Writer
Paul Duane
Stars
Simone Collins -Charlie Maher -Catherine Siggins -Nigel O'Neill -Olwen Fouéré
A young couple who collect rare folk ballads discover the dark side of love when they surreptitiously record and translate an ancient, taboo folk song from the deep, forgotten past.
Director
Paul Duane
Writer
Paul Duane
Stars
Simone Collins -Charlie Maher -Catherine Siggins -Nigel O'Neill -Olwen Fouéré
Category
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Short filmTranscript
00:00The future is picked clean.
00:07Treasure lies in the past.
00:13We find beauty where others have overlooked it.
00:21Then it's up to you to find the places
00:24where a rose springs up from the corpse of time's past.
00:31We think we know where we might find a singer who has a song.
00:36Previously uncollected, now not a variant, a primary source.
00:41You've brought quite a bone to the table tonight.
00:44I just wonder if you know what to do with it.
00:50We're just here for the music.
00:55I know the song you want.
00:59It's not even in Irish.
01:02But whatever it is that came before Irish,
01:08we came here to listen to you.
01:11Not for public consumption.
01:16It's just for us to hear.
01:35The song has no name.
01:39But if it did have a name, it would be
01:45Love is a knife with a blade for a handle.