Lay Me by the Shore

6/12/2026

With most of the class celebrating on the beach after their final examinations, "Noah" (Isla Pouliot) seems distracted. For some of the time his is playful enough with his girlfriend (Kai Smith) but every now and again he seems to find himself in one of Churchill's black fogs. Nobody seems to be able to reach him when he hits these lows, and usually he is just left to cycle off into the distance and calm himself down. Towards the end of this film, we see the purpose of the letter he has been writing and his behaviour starts to make more sense, but just what did happen and can he find the closure he needs to be able to get on with the rest of his life? This is a curiously empty film to watch. Clearly emotions are running very high for "Noah" but we aren't really read into the cause of his p