Tanau’r Lloer (Fires of the Moon)

Opera Cymru presents – Tanau’r Lloer (Fires of the Moon)

1950s A writer receives news that takes him on a melancholy train journey back home. As he travels through the night, memories resurface, forcing him to reflect on events that led to his mother’s confinement in an asylum some thirty years earlier.

Inspired by scenes from the classic of Welsh literature, “Un Nos Ola Leuad” from Caradog Pritchard, and with a hauntingly beautiful score, performed by the Welsh National Opera Orchestra, this Welsh-language opera film is a genre-bending exploration of grief, memory, mental illness and the power of artistic creation.

Chris Forster, 2025, 85 mins
Huw Ynyr, Elin Prichard, Annes Elwy, Dylan Morrison-Jones

Welsh with Welsh subtitles

(cert. PG)