Little Eamon still loves sleeping in bed with his mother Grace, an arrangement Daniel, the boy’s sexually frustrated daddy, doesn’t much care for. This is a family in crisis; bedroom difficulties are compounded by financial woes and unspoken dissatisfaction. Might a family vacation on Ireland’s west coast be enough to turn things around for the young couple? Or does young Eamon have some other ideas?

Watching this elegantly mounted Oedipal comedy you’d never guess that director Margaret Corkery and DOP David Grennan had only a small six-figure sum at their disposal. Made under Project Catalyst, a government initiative designed to encourage new talent, Eamon could easily be subtitled How to Make a First Time Feature Film. Ms. Corkery cleverly works around a tiny budget, grinding big universal themes from streamlined narrative, three leads and a keen flair for naturalism. It’s both an excellent film and a solid blueprint for future filmmakers.