Una (2016)

A woman confronts an older man, her former neighbour, to find out why he abandoned her after they had a sexual relationship.

Director:

Benedict Andrews

Writer:

David Harrower (based on his play "Blackbird")

Stars:

Ruby Stokes, Rooney Mara, David Shields

3 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Ruby Stokes	...	Young Una
Rooney Mara	...	Una
David Shields	...	Man in Nightclub
Ben Mendelsohn	...	Ray
Tara Fitzgerald	...	Andrea
Madeleine Brolly	...	Courtroom Clerk
Richard Cunningham	...	Prosecutor
Gary Finnerty	...	Truck Driver
Riz Ahmed	...	Scott
Maciej Krupianik	...	Foreman
Mandy Surridge	...	Picnic Mum
Xanthe Gibson	...	Leah
Ciarán McMenamin	...	John
Katie Money	...	Gemma
Poppy Corby-Tuech	...	Poppy

Storyline

When a young woman unexpectedly arrives at her much-older former lover's workplace, looking for answers, the secrets of their dark past threaten to unravel his new life. What follows is an emotional and unflinching excavation of inappropriate love, with shattering consequences.

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Plot Keywords:

sex scene | topless female nudity | based on play | pedophilia | one word title | 

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Taglines:

Absence Makes the Hurt Grow Stronger.

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Genres:

Drama | Romance

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for strong sexual content, nudity and language

Details

Country:

UK Canada USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

1 September 2017 (UK)

Also Known As:

Blackbird

Filming Locations:

Camberley, Surrey, England, UK

Company Credits

Production Co:

Bron Studios, Creative Wealth Media Finance, Film4

Technical Specs

Runtime:

94 min

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

It is based on the play Blackbird by David Harrower.

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Quotes

Una: I don't know anything about you except you abused me.

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Soundtracks

Down by the Water
Written & Performed by PJ Harvey

User Reviews

An often uncomfortable drama with great central performances

A tough, psychological drama about the trauma caused by pedophilia. A directorial debut by the Australian theatre director Benedict Andrews adapting the critically acclaimed stage play. A cinematic technique to parallel the real-time storytelling of a stage play of this nature is to have a curious camera voyeuristically track action. This serves as a plus but also a problem for this particular, sometimes hard to watch film. As a spectator 'spying' on such disturbing subject matter made me think twice about what I thought was morally right about the situation. I also would have liked to have seen more of the characters that had little screen time. That aside, extraordinary central performances by the emotionally cold Rooney Mara and unflinching Ben Mendelsohn.