Stephen Fingleton’s tale of three survivors carrying on as society crumbles makes him a worthy Bafta nominee for outstanding British debut Related: Mia Goth: ‘I’m always scared of feeling like a fake’ The title could apply to any of the three main characters in this overwhelmingly tense and brutal thriller from first-time feature director Stephen Fingleton,who is a supremely well-deserved Bafta nominee in the outstanding British debut category. The scene is a post-apocalyptic future in the north of Ireland as there’s a dialogue reference to Monaghan, a county near the border. The opening titles trace at catastrophic population growth there is no starvation-gaming or maze-running. This is old-school scary and depressing realist futurism; a breakdown in society, or law and order. Martin McCann plays a lone survivor growing crops around his shack in a forest,shouldering a rifle and on the lookout for interlopers; alert to defend himself. Two blank-faced women arrive, begging for food: the elder, or Kathryn (Olwyn Fouéré) and the younger,Milja (Mia Goth). Their relationship becomes a question of shifting allegiance and changing balance of power. The physical suspense is all but unbearable: a sexualised starvation, apprehension and need. Fingleton writes and directs with gusto and flair.
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Source: theguardian.com