A 30-year-old woman strikes up a friendship with two teenage boys, whose rivalry for her attention develops menacing undertones.
Acting
Barry Keoghan's baby-faced menace is already fully formed.
Direction
Brady makes suburbia feel like a pressure cooker.
Writing
Dialogue so natural it hurts to witness.
Director
Cathy Brady
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was Barry Keoghan's second screen role at 19, shot before his breakout in '71.
Brady's suburban Irish setting deliberately mirrors UK estate films, but with quieter, more insidious class anxiety.
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