A woman exacts finely choreographed revenge for an improper act from when she was 17. But what happened to her back then? And what will happen to the men she imprisons?
Acting
Faye Marsay's stillness—every blink is calculated.
Writing
Dialogue that weaponizes politeness against itself.
Direction
Philipson trusts silence; the gaps scream.
Director
Anthony Philipson
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Released during peak #MeToo wave; BBC commissioned it specifically to interrogate 'nice guys' and complicit bystanders.
Marsay improvised the dinner scene's shaking hands—originally scripted as steady, she insisted on visible tremor.