Oona, a recent graduate in anthropology, has returned to her dead mother’s seaside cottage in southern England to prepare it for sale. Her arrival disturbs Mani, a wary vagrant who has been squatting on the property.
Acting
Akhtar's guarded stillness against Collins' brittle privilege.
Direction
Eyal and Burke let silences do the screaming.
Director
Eleanor Burke
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Shot in actual squatted locations with non-professional locals mixed among cast, blurring fiction's safety net. Spoiler level: FREE
Released during UK's 2013 housing crisis; the cottage becomes a microcosm of who gets to claim space in a broken system. Spoiler level: LIGHT
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