Another powerful piece of writing from Tony Grisoni (Red Riding), directed (in a way that slightly reminded me of Elephant) with very slow sequences, naturalistic sound and a time-jumping style by director of Sundance / indie hit Martha Marcy May Marlene.
This is the role Sean Harris won the BAFTA for, who I noticed as being so good in Five Daughters, but the whole cast is exceptional: Rory Kinnear, Amanda Drew (his wife; who frankly we probably recognised from Eastenders!) & Al Weaver as his very tough No. 2, Shirley Henderson & Eddie Marsan (and Kaya Scodelario as their daughter), Anatol Yusef (being unfaithful to wife with student) and whoever his brother was, Joe Dempsie (the young soldier, another Skins alumni) and Geoff Bell as his deeply unpleasant uncle.
Loved some of the shots: the very slow track against a wallpapered wall; the young Sean turning into the old one in the long grass; the POV stuff in vehicles; all adds a certain depth as does (of all things) the repeated Shipping Forecast and the haunting choral work, The Lamb by John Tavener (which also appears in La Grande Bellezze) here sung by Commotio...
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