This film was previously reviewed on 09/10/17 as part of London Film Festival.
Premiering at Directors' Fortnight in Cannes and winning British Film of the Year at the London Critics Circle Film Awards, The Selfish Giant was Clio Barnard's second feature. It is safe to say that after this success, when her third Dark River was announced, it caught our eye.
Together, Ruth Wilson and Mark Stanley produce a ticking time-bomb of screen drama. The siblings' meeting after 15 years of separation is completely unpredictable; neither character knows how to act. They do not act but react to each other, and then things start to spin out of control.