The Incomer

Off the north east coast of Scotland - there lies a small island upon which siblings "Isla" (Gayle Rankin) and brother "Sandy" (Grant O'Rourke) have lived for thirty winters. Entirely self contained and living their lives according to the cult of the gull, they only really have one law. Make sure any interlopers get hoyed over the cliff into the sea! On the mainland, the aspiring "Roz" (Michelle Gomez) has become aware of their existance and so sends the hapless office-boy "Daniel" (Domhnall Gleeson) out to serve them with an eviction notice. Just when it looks like he is destined for the same...

The world can be a scary place with its perilous dangers and deceptive temptations, be they real or imagined. This is particularly so for those who have been isolated, with little or no contact with the outside, often buying into misleading superstitions and exaggerated risks. And so it is for a pair of almost-feral siblings, Isla (Gayle Rankin) and Sandy (Grant O’Rourke), the sole human inhabitants on the remote, windswept island of Ork located off the Scottish mainland. These de facto survivalists have resided there for 30 years after the immigration of all of the island’s other resident...

This was deeply weird, and wholesome, and funny, and heartbreaking. I had a lot of fun watching this movie and I'm sure you will too. The acting is wonderful and the whimsical plot is internally consistent while maintaining a very surreal, tentative grasp on the rest of reality. The movie is well realized and looks absolutely gorgeous....