The Eclipse

The Eclipse tells the story of Michael Farr (Ciarán Hinds), a teacher, bringing up his two children alone since his wife died two years earlier. He has been seeing and hearing strange things late at night in his house. He isn't sure if he is simply having terrifying nightmares or if his house is haunted.

Each year, the seaside town where Michael lives, hosts an international literary festival, attracting writers from all over the world. Michael works as a volunteer for the festival and is assigned the attractive Lena Morelle (Iben Hjejle), an author of books about ghosts and the supernatural, to look after. Michael becomes friendly with her and is keen to tell her of his experiences. For the first time he has met someone who can believes him when he tells her what he has been experiencing.

Lena's attention is pulled elsewhere however. She has come to the festival at the bidding of world-renowned novelist Nicholas Holden (Aidan Quinn), with whom she had a brief affair the previous year. He has fallen in love with Lena and is going through a turbulent time, eager to leave his wife to be with her. Lena is trying to extricate herself from this mess and just get through the next few days.

As the festival progresses, the paths of these three people are thrown into a life-altering collision.

Embellished by the supernatural, The Eclipse is a film about the challenges of love and loss and fear of the unknown.