Finding many similarities between each other, Mona, a young girl from a working class and Tamsin, a young girl from high class, meet and make a strong friendship, but will they continue.
Torrid eroticism tinged by a sense of menace . . . circles around its complex, conflicted characters before plunging into their dark feelings and hidden half-truths.
Paste Magazine
June 05, 2008
The film reaches a point of high drama, for sure, but when Edith Piaf's voice rises over the final minutes, the gothic climax curls into a wicked grin.
Pawlikowski doesn't spend much time explaining his characters or telling us why they do what they do, and that's exactly why they remain so compelling.
