A Swedish TV presenter's well-ordered life unravels when she finally confronts her domineering husband about an accusation against him. Her subsequent flight precipitates a chain of lies and paranoia in this taut psychological thriller.
Maria (Mirja Turestedt) is caught in the middle of a media maelstrom after her successful academic husband Magnus (Thomas W Gabrielsson) has been accused of rape. He denies it, but in a flippant, sneering kind of way that makes his guilt plain. When Maria finally snaps in the face of his unrelenting unpleasantness, her journey takes an unexpected turn, finding herself in the wilds of Exmoor, renting an isolated country house with just her dog for company. The film shifts its focus from a broken marriage to a fracturing psyche, and what first looked like a family drama starts moving towards a clever psychological thriller. This Nordic noir debut from Caroline Ingvarsson plays out against the arresting backdrops of Sweden and South West England, adding extra atmosphere to an already mysterious film. ‘Echoes of page-turner adaptations like ‘Girl on the Train’ and ‘Woman in the Window’’ - ScreenDaily. (Some subtitles)
UK/Sweden 2023 Caroline Ingvarsson 93m
