Two former schoolmates are turned against each other in this terrific working-class drama from debut feature director Fyzal Boulifa
A pair of electrifying performances lie at the heart of this terrific first feature by writer-director Fyzal Boulifa, a modern fable of tested friendships and public shaming. Screen newcomer Roxanne Scrimshaw is a revelation as Lynn, while Nichola Burley (who has impressed in a wide range of film and TV projects since her debut in 2005’s Love + Hate) hits a career high as new mum Lucy. Together, they draw us into a contemporary reality with echoes of an archetypal classical tragedy.
Inseparable as teenagers (rumours circulated that they were “together”), twentysomethings Lynn and Lucy have remained best friends, living in houses across the street from each other in an anonymous postwar new town. While Lucy continued to party hard after leaving school, Lynn became “a stay-at-home mum”, devoted to raising her daughter,...
A pair of electrifying performances lie at the heart of this terrific first feature by writer-director Fyzal Boulifa, a modern fable of tested friendships and public shaming. Screen newcomer Roxanne Scrimshaw is a revelation as Lynn, while Nichola Burley (who has impressed in a wide range of film and TV projects since her debut in 2005’s Love + Hate) hits a career high as new mum Lucy. Together, they draw us into a contemporary reality with echoes of an archetypal classical tragedy.
Inseparable as teenagers (rumours circulated that they were “together”), twentysomethings Lynn and Lucy have remained best friends, living in houses across the street from each other in an anonymous postwar new town. While Lucy continued to party hard after leaving school, Lynn became “a stay-at-home mum”, devoted to raising her daughter,...
- 7/5/2020
- by Mark Kermode
- The Guardian - Film News
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