After his mother passed away, 11-year-old Marcus is sent to live with his great aunt, an artist with a troubled history. Marcus hears about what the islanders call the "Grief Cottage", where fifty years ago, during a storm, a child and his family vanished. Their remains have not been identified, and since then the cottage has been empty. Marcus visits the cottage everyday during his solitary hours, working up his confidence, till the boy's ghost who died appears to show himself. He courts the ghost boy, full of excitement and…
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After his mother passed away, 11-year-old Marcus is sent to live with his great aunt, an artist with a troubled history. Marcus hears about what the islanders call the “Grief Cottage”, where fifty years ago, during a storm, a child and his family vanished. Their remains have not been identified, and since then the cottage has been empty. Marcus visits the cottage everyday during his solitary hours, working up his confidence, till the boy’s ghost who died appears to show himself. He courts the ghost boy, full of excitement and open to the unknown and mysterious despite the recent upsurge in his existence, not knowing if the ghost is friend or fiend. Grief Cottage is the best kind of ghost story, but on top of it, it investigates grief, regrets and the thoughts that torment us.
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After his mother passed away, 11-year-old Marcus is sent to live with his great aunt, an artist with a troubled history. Marcus hears about what the islanders call the “Grief Cottage”, where fifty years ago, during a storm, a child and his family vanished. Their remains have not been identified, and since then the cottage has been empty. Marcus visits the cottage everyday during his solitary hours, working up his confidence, till the boy’s ghost who died appears to show himself. He courts the ghost boy, full of excitement and open to the unknown and mysterious despite the recent upsurge in his existence, not knowing if the ghost is friend or fiend. Grief Cottage is the best kind of ghost story, but on top of it, it investigates grief, regrets and the thoughts that torment us.
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