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Synopsis: Grief, guilt, and betrayal. In North London, a young mother dotes on her four-year-old son and lives in a modest flat with her husband, a cop in the bomb squad. The Arsenal football team is their religion. On May Day, a major terrorist attack brings tragedy while she is in the arms of a rich reporter who lives over the road. She wishes she were dead. In grief and guilt, she pursues revenge, faces betrayal, experiences delusions, and may be suicidal. Two men seek her affection: the reporter and a colleague of her husband's who imagines caravan camping with her on a beach. In London, the city of the Great Fire and of Hitler's bombardment, is there any way back to life for her?
Director(s): Sharon Maguire
Production: Capitol Films
 
IMDB:
5.9
Rotten Tomatoes:
22%
R
Year:
2008
96 min
302 Views


who smells. Won't even let me wash it.

Are you OK?

I'm not in the habit of spilling my guts

to strangers in pubs.

Don't apologise. I understand, if you

need to talk, I'm a very good listener.

I'll get us another couple of drinks and

then you can start at the very beginning.

(Beeping)

These new bomb scares have kicked it

off again. He never used to be like this.

God, it must be so tough.

Makes me feel so terribly shallow.

Why? What do you do?

Oh, I'm a journalist for one of

the national newspapers."The Express".

What do you write about?

Anything from sleazy politicians

to fraudulent city institutions.

My name is Barry Lavis,

I'm here to inspect your VAT receipts,

as authorised by the VAT act of 1968.

- People believe that, do they?

- Sometimes, yeah.

And if I can't get into their heads,

I'll try and get into their beds.

What do you tell people

when you need to get into their beds?

I like you.

- Does that work?

- I don't know... does it?

- My girlfriend's away.

- Oh?

- She's in Paris.

- That's nice.

He isn't back yet. Car's not here.

Well, if he isn't back yet,

why don't you come back to mine?

For a coffee.

No. I'd better get back.

You all right?

Yeah. A stomach virus.

Maybe you should go

and talk to somebody.

It's a stomach bug.

Are you going to the Arsenal game

on Saturday?

Chelsea are going to slaughter you.

(Woman) Nice view.

(Man #3) Yeah.

I think it would be better if I left.

I think it'd be much better if you stayed.

How did it go?

I'm still here, aren't I?

Yeah, love, you still are.

# 10-0 to the Arsenal!

# You're sh*t and you know you are!

You're sh*t and you know you are! #

I wish you wouldn't take him

to the match. It makes me nervous.

What doesn't make you nervous?

Oh, nice.

You could take her up to 170, 180.

You'd have to be in a chopper

to catch someone in one of these.

I'll go down the shops

and get something nice for tea.

Choc-choc chip ice-cream to celebrate

a win. Crisps. Get some beers.

I'm on duty tonight, love.

What? How come?

I thought you had this weekend off?

You could say no sometimes, Lenny.

Bye-bye, precious.

I am precious, aren't I?

Yeah, you are. I'll see you later.

Hand! Can I take my jacket off now?

(Lenny) No, you heard your mum.

(Sirens wailing)

(Man #3) Hello, there.

That's a nice car. I bet it does, what?

- 180 miles an hour?

- Gosh, I never knew you knew cars.

Just goes to show,

you don't know anything about me.

I wouldn't say that.

(Sighs heavily)

Look... the other night was a mistake.

I never should've done that.

- So where are you going?

- Going to the match.

You're gonna be late.

Still, if you're motor does 180 miles

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Chris Cleave

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