True Things (2021)
Country: GB
Technical: col/1.37:1 102m
Director: Harry Wootliff
Cast: Ruth Wilson, Tom Burke, Hayley Squires
Synopsis:
A socially maladjusted young woman working at a Job Centre on the south coast has an affair with a claimant. His charismatic, forthright manner is at odds with her shy callowness and he takes advantage, leaving her stranded.
Review:
One of those films like The Left-Handed Woman, or The Lacemaker, which present us with a female character who is just a bit outside the mould, an isolating factor that makes her even more of a tragic figure than her male counterpart (Harold and Maude, Submarine, The Double). In the present case she is both trusting and equally fragile, low on life skills. Close-up, shallow focus, jittery cinematography gives us a front row seat on Wilson's excellent performance, but Burke's is a mystery who no doubt has problems of his own but which go under-explored. The wedding in Spain climax is ramshackle and unconvincing, leaving us with unanswered questions, if with a new sense of self-determination.
Country: GB
Technical: col/1.37:1 102m
Director: Harry Wootliff
Cast: Ruth Wilson, Tom Burke, Hayley Squires
Synopsis:
A socially maladjusted young woman working at a Job Centre on the south coast has an affair with a claimant. His charismatic, forthright manner is at odds with her shy callowness and he takes advantage, leaving her stranded.
Review:
One of those films like The Left-Handed Woman, or The Lacemaker, which present us with a female character who is just a bit outside the mould, an isolating factor that makes her even more of a tragic figure than her male counterpart (Harold and Maude, Submarine, The Double). In the present case she is both trusting and equally fragile, low on life skills. Close-up, shallow focus, jittery cinematography gives us a front row seat on Wilson's excellent performance, but Burke's is a mystery who no doubt has problems of his own but which go under-explored. The wedding in Spain climax is ramshackle and unconvincing, leaving us with unanswered questions, if with a new sense of self-determination.
Country: GB
Technical: col/1.37:1 102m
Director: Harry Wootliff
Cast: Ruth Wilson, Tom Burke, Hayley Squires
Synopsis:
A socially maladjusted young woman working at a Job Centre on the south coast has an affair with a claimant. His charismatic, forthright manner is at odds with her shy callowness and he takes advantage, leaving her stranded.
Review:
One of those films like The Left-Handed Woman, or The Lacemaker, which present us with a female character who is just a bit outside the mould, an isolating factor that makes her even more of a tragic figure than her male counterpart (Harold and Maude, Submarine, The Double). In the present case she is both trusting and equally fragile, low on life skills. Close-up, shallow focus, jittery cinematography gives us a front row seat on Wilson's excellent performance, but Burke's is a mystery who no doubt has problems of his own but which go under-explored. The wedding in Spain climax is ramshackle and unconvincing, leaving us with unanswered questions, if with a new sense of self-determination.