Your best friend ditches you in Spain. Time to find yourself or just find coffee?
Kate Hardie plays a shy 19-year-old bookworm setting out on a world trip, only to be stranded at Málaga after her companion goes off with a local lothario. When her belongings are stolen, Ellie starts learning independence.
Direction
Winterbottom's debut already shows his eye for intimate human moments.
Acting
Kate Hardie's shy energy carries the whole fragile thing.
Director
Michael Winterbottom
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was Michael Winterbottom's first feature, made for under £1 million before he became the prolific genre-hopper behind 24 Hour Party People and The Trip.
Shot on location in Málaga during the early '90s package holiday boom, it captures a specific British working-class travel anxiety before smartphones saved everyone.
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