Two friends from a northwest London housing estate are reunited when one of them faces a messy personal crisis.
Acting
Nikki Amuka-Bird's brittle composure cracking in real time.
Direction
Saul Dibb makes council estates feel claustrophobically vast.
Director
Saul Dibb
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Adapted from Zadie Smith's experimental 2012 novel; the film streamlines her fragmented structure into linear drama.
Shot on location in Willesden, Smith's actual childhood area—the estate geography is character itself.
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