Y Llyfrgell (The Library Suicides)

Synopsis

This Welsh language psychological thriller (available with English subtitles) revolves around the mysterious death of Elena, a celebrated local writer, whose last words to her twin daughters Ana and Nan point towards a killer in their midst. When the man Elena names in her last breath turns up at the Welsh National Library where the twins work, announcing his intention to write Elena’s biography, they take the opportunity to plot revenge. However, things quickly start to go wrong, and the perfect coordination which with the twins normally operate breaks down. When their cornering of the suspect reveals new information, it rocks their beliefs about themselves and their mother, and brings up long-repressed tensions between them, resulting in drastic action. In the aftermath of that fateful night, the story of Elena’s death is rewritten, and the truth finally brought to light.