Renny Borthwick

Isolated from the outside world, fifteen-year-old Lara lives in seclusion on a vast country estate with her father and strict governess Miss Fontaine. Late one evening, a mysterious carriage crash brings a young girl into their home to recuperate. Lara immediately becomes enchanted by this strange visitor who arouses her curiosity and awakens her burgeoning desires.

This film relishes us with a true, intricate and accurate depiction of underrepresented characters, unspoken family dynamics and unheard communities in Manchester’s notorious Moss Side. Centred around B, a middle-aged woman balancing her role as a mother to an overprotective son, and her intimate relationships with other men. The film explores what happens when these two worlds collide.

少女は、純粋で残酷な怪物になるー19世紀後半の英国。裕福な商家に嫁いだ17歳のキャサリン。気難しい40歳の夫は彼女に興味がなく、体の関係を持たない。意地悪な舅からは外出を禁じられ、人里離れた屋敷で退屈な生活を送っていた。ある日、夫の留守中に若い使用人に誘惑され不倫関係となったキャサリン。抑え込まれていたものが解き放たれ、少女は欲望を満たすため、邪魔者を許さない純粋で残酷な怪物へと変貌していく。