After a series of unusual encounters, it is obvious to those that know her best, that Kathy Deane is not herself. Then comes a devastating diagnosis, and she leaves the safety of her marriage to Tim for a man she barely knows. The mental illness causes her to behave irrationally and affects her capacity for empathy. She becomes aware that she is unaware. Nick seems wild and free, and is the change that Kathy needs. He takes her to his childhood home, around the marshes in north Kent. It's here that she is able to reconnect with herself and find some hope for the future.
Acting
Cathy Naden's fragmented, terrifyingly lucid unraveling.
Cinematography
Marsh landscapes as psychological mirror—gorgeous and oppressive.
Director
Andy Kelleher
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Director Andy Kelleher shot in his actual childhood marshland; the geography is autobiographical while the psychology is universal.
Released during early pandemic to near-invisibility, its themes of isolation and unreliable perception hit differently now.
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