When sailors or fishermen head out to sea, they do not wish to hear their family say goodbye out of a fear of not coming home. There is no whistling at sea, for fear of conjuring up a storm. Having a woman on board unnecessarily could anger the sea, causing treacherous conditions as revenge. Enter Justin Oakey’s Hangashore, an unsettling film that blends genre and narrative and landscape in challenging, often indirect, ways. On one hand, it is a character drama and low-key courtship, set against the stressful nature of working a small-crew fishing boat in 21st century rural Newfoundland. On the other hand, there is a foreboding old-world ghost story lost in fog and dreams and intuition. There is a rugged tug of...
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