when a mine collapse destroy the home build on top of it and the three sister of the the family that own the mine promise to rebuild the home . this doesn not sit well with their brother who now live in the city and be the real source of money for the family . return home in order to straighten out the situation and he soon find that all be not well in the old homestead and and his life be in grave danger . a post war gothic tale with a great deal on it mind this be a movie that never really work . grace with a script that be write in part by dylan thomas the dialog be often very literate in a way that real people never talk . the writing do provide for some very wicked exchange between the character but it never really come to life . some of the miner be just a bit too poetic about the tragedy that have befall their small town . thematically the film be about the clash of the old and the stayed with the new and the modern . i mention this because the film seem much more interested in idea than it be in any real action . we have the three sister who never leave home and want to rebuild thing the way they be battle their brother and his secretary who have come from the outside and want live in the present and deal with the situation a it be . it a battle that form the basis and in one way or another and for almost every scene often to the detriment of the drama . everything seem to be arrange to have some deep meaning from the aliment of the sister to the crumble nature of the manor house . i wasn not watch a movie so much a a dramatized argument for the modern while there aren not people on the screen rather they be idea . i applaud the filmmaker for want to make a movie that be more than a gothic drama and but they go the wrong way and forget the drama . honestly this be a tough movie to get through and it 80 minute long and feel like twice that in the lecture hall . as good a the basic plot line be the execution make this a film i doubt i will ever watch again . worth a shot if you do not mind see a literate drama that try too hard and just miss be something special .