A woman leaves her seaside hometown to search for her long-lost brother, experiencing hallucinations brought on by her epilepsy during her trip.
Acting
Agyness Deyn's physical performance — she *becomes* the electrical misfire.
Direction
Higgins puts you *inside* a seizure. Not pretty. Not exploitative. Just real.
Sound
The audio design deserves awards — synesthetic noise you feel in your teeth.
Director
Bryn Higgins
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Director Bryn Higgins worked with epilepsy consultants and actual sufferers to avoid the Hollywood 'fall and twitch' cliché — the result is cinema's most authentic portrayal of seizure as *subjective experience*.
Agyness Deyn was primarily known as a model when cast; this was her bid for serious actor credibility, and she reportedly did method research including spending time with epilepsy support groups in Blackpool.
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