One of the most authentic and original evocations of life in modern Britain, the digitally shot One Life Stand is an involving, intimate drama set in Glasgow, about the complex emotional ties and conflicts between a mother and son.
Trise, played with world-weary grace by Maureen Carr, is a major new discovery.
Cool, acutely observed and unsentimental, One Life Stand discreetly dissects the modern service culture of illusion and fantasy for sale, exposing the denial, emotional isolation and melancholy reality that underwrite it. Making her debut film, May Miles Thomas is a writer-director to watch.