About.
Company
New Zealand International Film Festival
Duration
94 minutes
Advisory
R16 sex scenes, offensive language & content that may disturb
USA/UK/Canada 2016
Opened out by David Harrower from his 2005 stage two-hander Blackbird, the first feature directed by the Australian stage director-dramatist Benedict Andrews is a crucible for the traumatic legacy of abuse – and the combustible nerviness of actors Rooney Mara and Ben Mendelsohn.
“With deeply unresolved questions about her past, Una (Rooney Mara) travels to another city, turning up unannounced at Ray’s (Ben Mendelsohn) work and dredging up a decade-old experience that he thought he’d left behind. Mendelsohn and Mara are exceptional as the troubled and troubling Ray and Una, and Riz Ahmed makes for a perfect foil as the innocent Scott.
The film interrogates the psychology of abuse with precision, intelligence and restraint; taking on a disturbing subject, Harrower and Andrews expertly shift us through an enormous range of intellectual and emotional positions. This is filmmaking artistry of the highest order, from writing and performances to the unsettling, moody score from Jed Kurzel (Macbeth, Snowtown).” — Tricia Tuttle, London Film Festival
Credit
Benedict Andrews
Director
David Harrower
Screenplay, Based on his play Blackbird
Thimios Bakatakis
Photography
Nick Fenton
Editor
Jed Kurzel
Music
With
Rooney Mara
Ben Mendelsohn
Riz Ahmed
Ruby Stokes
Tara Fitzgerald
Festivals
Toronto, Busan, London 2016
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Price Range - Booking fees may apply $11.30 - $17.30