In a bleak Inverness midwinter, Luisaidh is careening off the rails after the suicide of her best friend. She medicates her misery with joyless sex, chips and a belief in the power of positive drinking. Surrounded by bittersweet memories, she struggles to find someone to talk to or some reason to make life worthwhile at the most stressful time of the year.
Acting
Gillan's raw, specific physical comedy in breakdown scenes.
Direction
Debut feature with startling confidence in tonal whiplash.
Writing
Voiceovers that cut like self-deprecating diary entries.
Director
Karen Gillan
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Gillan wrote this during her Guardians press tour, filming it in 18 days in her hometown of Inverness.
The title mocks Scotland's 'positive drinking' culture — the delusion that more booze fixes anything.
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