A group of elderly women go on vacation to the seaside. One of them takes her son along and constantly watches him saying he has a brain tumor. His problem is something else entirely.
Acting
Sheila Hancock's suffocating maternal surveillance is masterclass.
Direction
Wilkes weaponizes seaside quaintness against domestic horror.
Writing
Every casual line drips with unspoken family rot.
Director
Jenny Wilkes
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Part of Channel 4's 1980s short film boom that gave weird British voices screen time Hollywood never would.
Wilkes reportedly based the mother on women she observed at British seaside resorts, performing illness for social currency.
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