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Adapted from the acclaimed short story by Man Brooker Prize Nominee Sarah Hall. The Agency is a modern and stylish take on middle class female empowerment, amidst the social sub-culture, described collectively as "ladies who lunch". Disillusioned with a decade of domesticity, housewife Hannah Baines (Ania Sowinski), is befriended by an enigmatic older woman Anthea (Lesley Manville,) who introduces a select and seductive inner circle of women. In confidence, Anthea recommends a private and reliable company who "can set up something marvellous" for her. Hannah contemplates the implications of attending her initial consultation, at The Agency.
Acting
Lesley Manville's velvet menace steals every frame.
Direction
Robinson squeezes feature-length dread into 29 minutes.
Director
Paul Andrew Robinson
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Sarah Hall's original short story 'Mrs Fox' won the BBC National Short Story Award before this adaptation.
The film weaponizes 'lunching'—a performative ritual of wealthy women—as both camouflage and currency for something far darker.
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