Beth, a bookish teenager, befriends Emilia, an aspiring novelist who has just arrived in town. Emilia soon begins an affair with Beth's father that threatens to have devastating consequences.
Acting
Jessica Brown Findlay's magnetic, trainwreck charisma carries every scene.
Cinematography
Isle of Man locations feel like characters watching the chaos unfold.
Director
Niall MacCormick
Jessica Brown Findlay
Emelia
Harry Treadaway
Jake
Josef Altin
Dave
Felicity Jones
Beth Fischer
Julia Ormond
Joa
Justin Edwards
Policeman
Sebastian Koch
Jonathan
Peter Vaughan
Grandpa
Hazel Douglas
Granny
Thomas Brodie-Sangster
Mark
David Cann
Grumpy Man
Kenneth Collard
Angry Man
Billy Seymour
Spotty Youth
Alexis Zegerman
Manageress
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Jessica Brown Findlay filmed this right before her breakout Downton Abbey role, making her simultaneous presence in period prestige and messy indie cinema delightfully jarring.
The film's title references Coleridge's guilt-ridden poem — Emelia's albatross is her own lies, and she absolutely does not carry them well.
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