The.Outcasts.1982

In 1810 Ireland, a man whose wife has died finds that his daughter is accused of being a witch. A magic fiddler comes to her aid. The story of ‘The Outcasts’ is a myth spun together from Irish folklore and true events, in particular tales of the “time before the famine”. It was also influenced by the poets William Blake (The Book of Thel), and William Butler Yeats. It tells the story of Maura, a girl thought to be backward, and of her awakening as a result of her encounter with the outcast fiddler and shaman, Scarf Michael, who becomes her lover and teacher.