A troubled woman living in an isolated community finds herself pulled between the control of her oppressive family and the allure of a secretive outsider suspected of a series of brutal murders.
Acting
Jessie Buckley's volcanic, trembling performance
Cinematography
Jersey's beaches as beautiful and menacing
Direction
Pearce keeps you guessing until final frame
Director
Michael Pearce
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Michael Pearce grew up on Jersey and based the oppressive community atmosphere on his own childhood there.
The film deliberately mirrors 'Beauty and the Beast' fairy tale structure—Moll reads it aloud—while subverting whether the beast is Pascal, Moll herself, or her family's expectations.
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