In their debut documentary, Christine Molloy and Joe Lawlor (Helen, Mister John) take as their point of departure the compelling 18th century figure, Ambrose O’Higgins, and attempt to retrace his remarkable journey from Ireland to Chile. Having long dreamt of making a biopic of O’Higgins, this wayward and wry documentary is the filmmakers’ attempt to realise this dream through a personal voyage into the idea of the cinematic location. However, as they speculate on the idea of place and what O’Higgins embodies, the filmmakers continually get sidetracked by a competing story of immigration and displacement.
Supported by the Irish Film Institute, with funding from the Arts Council of Ireland and Culture Ireland.
