A harrowing study of loneliness that showcases an intensely brave and believable performance from newcomer del Carmen.
Aussie migrant Rowe has an acute eye for the emotional badlands travelled by Lopez's struggling journo. A tough but humane and affecting watch.
Proves, if you were beginning to doubt, that people still make good grown-up films.
The sex scenes can be tough to watch, the more so as the reason for her rage and self-hate dawns on us; del Carmen's performance is powerful and painful.
A tough watch.
It's an intense, powerful and at times deeply painful movie.
Above all credit must go to del Carmen, who produces such a brave and committed performance, which is shorn of all vanity.
An original and moving picture with a heartbreaking central performance from Monica del Carmen in the lead.
Del Carman's brave and intense performance aside, the film doesn't do enough to dispel the notion that this is merely one more example of a director making a name for themselves with yet another tedious slice of pseudo-arthouse exploitation.