27 minutes of post-coital chaos between two strangers who definitely regret everything.
The film begins at the end of one act of love-making and ends at the beginning of the next and is a dialogue between two people who are neither in love nor married to each other.
Acting
Hassall and Latimer's raw, unglamorous intimacy.
Direction
Irvin's debut: one room, two bodies, zero escape.
Writing
Dialogue that weaponizes awkward silence.
Director
John Irvin
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Produced during the brief 'British New Wave' collapse into permissive cinema, this was Irvin's student film that somehow got theatrical release—sparking censorship battles for its frank depiction of unmarried sex.
Hassall's career tragically stalled after this; she became a 'sex symbol' unable to escape nude scenes, while Latimer quietly exited acting entirely—making this their most honest performance precisely because they had nothing left to lose.
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