The Escape (15)

Tara is a young stay-at-home mum of two small children, living on an affluent estate in an anonymous Kent satellite town. According to her own working-class, single mother, she has it made – but Tara is not happy. In fact, she is chronically depressed by the limits of her horizons, stifled by routine, hemmed in and patronised by her kindly but obtuse businessman husband. Escape comes via Eurostar and the touchstone that Paris has to offer. Director Dominic’s Savage’s thoughtful, empathetic script is meat for Gemma Arterton ’s strong and nuanced performance in this character study for our time, in which affluence all too often rates over inner fulfilment.

Director: Dominic Savage
Starring: Gemma Arterton, Dominic Cooper, Frances Barber
UK, 2017, 1 hour 45 minutes