The Stranger

When we are gone what do people remember of us Neal MacGregor an English artist died alone prematurely aged 44 in a stone henhouse that he couldnt stand up in where he lived without water electricity or heating on a remote island The Gaelicspeaking islanders on the rapidly depopulating island knew little of Neal during the 8 years he lived there Who was this Stranger Was he a British spy recording IRA gunrunning routes as some islanders thought Was he trying to take control of the island Was he crazy as others thought Or was he just seeking solitude Neal left behind volumes of beautifully illustrated notebooks and secret diaries and this beautiful enigmatic film pulls together the jigsaw of missing pieces and sensitively paints a portrait of a man living on the edge physically and mentally and the insular island community he lived amongst