Mudbrick

Returning to his ancestral village in Eastern Europe after inheriting an old mudbrick house, a man who has spent his whole life in England expects a quiet reconnection with his roots. Instead he finds the house itself steeped in memory and rumor, its crumbling walls holding more than dust and family heirlooms. As he settles into the slow rhythms of village life, cultural misunderstandings and long-buried grievances surface, and the line between hospitality and hostility grows dangerously thin.

Curiosity turns to alarm when he uncovers hints that the inhabitants are keeping a dark secret tied to the land and the house’s strange construction. What begins as an investigation into local history becomes a tense unraveling of rituals, loyalties, and compromises made to survive. Torn between exposing the truth and preserving fragile relationships, he must decide how far he is willing to go to confront a community that protects itself at any cost.