A meshing of fantasy and social commentary involving the Far Right is explored in the trailer to Patrick Ireland‘s new drama Ill Fares the Land.

A young boy finds a mermaid washed up on the shores of his seaside home while his older brother is swept up in the rising tide of far-right nationalism…

“The Mermaid in the film acts as a metaphor for the asylum seekers currently making the perilous journey across the English channel to reach the shores of Britain, only to be met by hatred and violence from large swathes of the native population. Fueled by a right-wing media and collapsing living standards, these people have become lost to fascism – and alienated from their own humanity,” says Ireland.

The film stars Noah Silverstone, Ruaridh Adlington, Smilla Erlandson, Thomas Devlin, Boo Miller, Eddie Chamberlin & Mark Keegan.

The film will be coming soon.