Wednesday 13 July
10am, 2:30pm, 5pm, 7:30pm
Director: Bouli Manners
Drama Romance
Scotland
99 minutes
Memories tell us the story of who we are. If those memories vanish, whose stories will take their place? Phil (Bouli Lanners), a middle-aged farmhand working on a remote Scottish island, suffers amnesia following a stroke. A lonely local woman, Millie (Game of Thrones’ Michelle Fairley) helps him acclimate back to his life and claims they were once in a relationship before his accident. This is a fragile lie that Millie must protect to keep their burgeoning romance alive, but at what cost?
Fairley and Lanners deliver warming performances that subtly transform as love grows between them. – InSession Film
A tale of guilty secrets, regrets and longing to deliver a quietly touching, unabashed weepie. – Screen International
It’s main strength is a palpable sense of place: the windswept island with mountains in the background is a vividly evocative setting (the film was shot on the islands of Lewis and Harris) for a story of isolation, loneliness and a kind of connection. – David Stratton, The Australian