After losing his father, an engaged man begins an affair with a waitress, both longing for happiness.
Acting
Bettany's wounded, magnetic presence carries every scene.
Direction
Aprahamian's restrained, empathetic gaze on messy lives.
Director
Sallie Aprahamian
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Sallie Aprahamian was primarily a TV director; this remains her only feature film, which explains its intimate, small-screen sensibility.
The film captures late-2000s East London gentrification tensions—B's Portuguese café versus Chester's inherited money, a class divide the affair papers over but never resolves.
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