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Then Mammal is a hidden gem.

Just as she learns of her son's disappearance—a child she abandoned years prior—she encounters Joe ( Barry Keoghan ), a homeless and injured youth in an alley behind her shop. In a move driven by a mix of maternal guilt and suppressed desire, she takes him in.

Mammal is a 2016 Irish independent drama directed by , her second feature film following The Other Side of Sleep (2011). The film premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in January 2016 and later screened at the Cannes Film Festival (Directors’ Fortnight). Starring Rachel Griffiths ( Six Feet Under , Brothers & Sisters ) and Barry Keoghan ( The Killing of a Sacred Deer , Dunkirk , The Banshees of Inisherin ), Mammal explores themes of grief, maternal instinct, sexuality, and the blurred boundaries between care and desire.