The discovery of human remains at a churchyard connects to the hardships faced by a German woman and her son 40 years earlier as they tried to build a new life in 1950s Britain.
Acting
Anne Scherliess carries the whole film on her exhausted shoulders.
Direction
Dee-Roberts weaves timelines with almost painful restraint.
Director
Richard Dee-Roberts
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The film mirrors real post-WWII British hostility toward German refugees, when 'enemy alien' stigma persisted decades after the war.
Julian Glover and Isla Blair, who play the older versions, have been married since 1968—their real intimacy bleeds into their minimal scenes together.
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