Jasmine, a young teenage girl on the run, is taken in by Shane, a showman who works on a travelling fairground passing through town. As an unorthodox bond between the pair builds, their combined quest to evade the past pushes both characters closer together, and in turn, closer to danger.
Acting
Keoghan's magnetic menace in pre-starving form.
Direction
Hart squeezes feature-length dread into 18 minutes.
Cinematography
Neon-soaked rides against grim British grey.
Director
Jed Hart
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was Keoghan's breakout year—he also filmed Dunkirk and The Killing of a Sacred Deer in 2016, making this his 'I'm about to be everywhere' calling card.
Hart specifically chose vintage fairground rides for their mechanical groans, treating them as additional score—listen for the ghost train sounds during Shane's confessions.
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