A mother digs two graves. Guess who fills the second one.
Margaret Powers—a middle aged, middle class doctor of pathology—seeks a path of vengeance when she captures and tortures the young man she believes murdered her son, but in a bid to extract a confession, that path to vengeance leads to tragedy and unearths deeply troubling truths.
Acting
Cathy Tyson simmers with barely contained maternal rage.
Writing
Dialogue that tightens like a garrote.
Director
Gary Young
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Katie Jarvis was discovered at 16 arguing with her boyfriend at a train station; this was her comeback after *Fish Tank*.
The title's Confucius quote becomes literal: Margaret digs graves for her son's killer and herself, but the second fills unexpectedly.
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