Ruth Wilson gives a great and brave performance here.
Stuck in an unsatisfying job and bored much of the time, it's clear that she is often drawn to dangerous behaviour and, in Tom Burke, she meets a potentially dangerous man who seems to be able to give her the excitement she wants. Despite copious warnings from her friend and colleague (Hayley Squires on good form), bosses and parents, she allows herself to be led even further from "normal life" than usual. The film's ambiguous conclusion leaves one unsure of her eventual end, but some sort of belated self-awareness seems to be stirring?
Burke plays an "enigmatic" character not dissimilar from "The Souvenir" but to my view here he seems merely disinterested rather than actively malign and for me this is the much better film.
Worth a look.
Stuck in an unsatisfying job and bored much of the time, it's clear that she is often drawn to dangerous behaviour and, in Tom Burke, she meets a potentially dangerous man who seems to be able to give her the excitement she wants. Despite copious warnings from her friend and colleague (Hayley Squires on good form), bosses and parents, she allows herself to be led even further from "normal life" than usual. The film's ambiguous conclusion leaves one unsure of her eventual end, but some sort of belated self-awareness seems to be stirring?
Burke plays an "enigmatic" character not dissimilar from "The Souvenir" but to my view here he seems merely disinterested rather than actively malign and for me this is the much better film.
Worth a look.