Ostensibly about a circle of friends living on the very edge of a totally precarious world, the film sustained some strong emotional undercurrents that ran deep below the surface, as it turned into the story of one man's desperate attempt to save another. After a policeman is shot during a raid on a communal squat, the housemates disperse to go on with their lives - some still committed and some hyper-normalized. But one of them decides to find a way to help the housemate who disappeared into in hiding, pursued by the police. His mission takes him from social responsibility to blind obsession. I was very engaged by Esther Bell's minimalist visual style, which coupled brilliantly with some smart, fresh writing.
