While the film starts with the appearance of a typical period drama, it is characterized by its transition into a grim exploration of repressed desire and social isolation.

The 1996 film , starring Julie Walters and Rupert Graves, is a dark comedy-drama inspired by a true story from the 1950s.

One of the most notable features of the film is its . It follows a young merchant seaman who takes a room in a provincial English household, only to find himself trapped in an increasingly manipulative and claustrophobic sexual relationship with his landlady.

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