One summer, mother and ex dancer Eileen lapses back to a troubled past as she starts a new relationship... we watch as she and her family combust. The film, shot on a micro budget, treads between darkness and humour as it moves from its beginning in the suburban cricket club to its conclusion at a music festival.
Acting
Jackie Howe's terrifyingly vulnerable spiral.
Direction
Micro-budget that punches way above its weight.
Writing
Julia Davis co-wrote — you feel that acidic wit.
Director
Finola Geraghty
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Finola Geraghty made this for roughly £100k after a successful crowdfunding campaign, shooting the festival finale at actual Glastonbury.
Part of a wave of 2010s British micro-budget films — alongside 'Weekend' and 'Fish Tank' — that proved digital filmmaking could capture working-class stories with painful intimacy.
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