Hong Kong-born British director Romala Garai makes her full-feature debut with this dread-filled oddity. It tells the story of ex-soldier Tomas (Alec Secareanu) as nun Sister Claire (Imelda Staunton) offers him a place to stay at a decaying house inhabited by Magda (Carla Juri) and her dying mother (Anah Ruddin).
To say more would be giving too much away as Garai’s script takes many sinister twists and turns - but not all of them are satisfying.The Lanarkshire Live app is available to download now.
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Secareanu in particular is magnificent playing a character steeped in grief and guilt who pays a hefty price for his past sins.
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