A blood-soaked woman, a shallow grave, and three people who all want someone dead.
A woman, plastered in blood, is arrested by a grave, and a tale of loss, lust and jealousy slowly unfolds.
Acting
Saskia Reeves' devastating slow-burn unraveling.
Direction
McDougall's claustrophobic Sheffield gloom.
Director
Charles McDougall
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Christopher Eccleston and Saskia Reeves had previously starred together in 'Our Friends in the North' — their established chemistry makes the toxic dynamic here even more uncomfortable.
Part of a brief late-90s wave of British 'underclass' thrillers (see also 'Nil By Mouth') that treated Northern poverty with the same moral panic as American noir treated Los Angeles.
GB
