A husband and wife are forced to re-evaluate themselves and their relationship through the reality of the Covid-19 lockdown.
Acting
McAvoy and Horgan's volcanic chemistry burns the house down.
Writing
Dennis Kelly's script weaponizes domestic banality.
Direction
Daldry turns one location into emotional battleground.
Director
Stephen Daldry
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Shot in ten days in a real London home, with cast and crew isolating together — method filmmaking as actual lockdown.
Released when audiences were still *in* lockdown, making its bitterness either cathartic or unforgivable depending on viewer trauma levels.
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