Bridgend

BRIDGEND follows Sara and her dad, Dave as they move to a small village in Bridgend County, which is haunted by suicides amongst its young inhabitants. Sara falls dangerously in love with one of the teenagers, Jamie, while Dave, as the town's new police officer, tries to stop the mysterious chain of suicides. The film focuses on the relationship between vulnerable teenagers and their parents who are left in the dark as the inexplicable suicides gradually take on the character of a punishing ritual. The story of the film is based on a mysterious suicide cluster that took place in Bridgend County, a small former coal-mining province in Wales. Between 2007 and 2012 seventy-nine suicides were committed in the area, and most of the victims were teenagers. (Cinemax)