In his outstanding debut, Nicholas Parish creates a cinematic experience that is not comparable to our usual cinema visits. We witness a tense family conflict between a father and his two adult children. While we see the father’s regular farm life, we only hear his daughter’s and son’s phone calls and conversations. This stunning arrangement works thanks to the brilliant script written by Nico Mensinga, magnificently performed by two of Britain’s finest contemporary actors: Emily Beacham and Rory Kinnear.

Like in the glorious golden age of radio plays, their performance grows in our heads. Due to Parish’s expertise, autobiographical experiences, longtime studies, photography, and on-point editing, we are drawn into his terrific feature, which tackles a lot of topics that concern us all as families.

Niki Nikitin