A 70s British drama where doing nothing becomes the ultimate crime.
When an undergraduate commits suicide, his best friend is sent down from university because he did nothing to prevent the death, which he felt was a choice his friend had a right to make.
Acting
Robert Powell's haunted restraint carries every scene.
Direction
Hemmings' debut understands when silence hurts most.
Director
David Hemmings
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
David Hemmings directed this at 30, fresh from Blow-Up fame, in his only turn behind the camera.
The film captures a specific 1970s British anxiety about university privilege and the collapse of post-war institutional trust.
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