Set in 1980s London, the story follows a gifted but emotionally inexperienced film student whose life is transformed after she falls deeply in love with an older, charismatic man hiding dangerous secrets. What begins as an intoxicating romance gradually unravels into a devastating journey through obsession, manipulation, heartbreak, and self-discovery, forcing her to confront the painful gap between fantasy and reality
Joanna Hogg’s new movie is her most intensely personal yet – but this mysterious and beautiful film is not revelatory in any obvious way. I have seen it twice since…