Jackie is a CCTV operator. One day, a man shows his face on her monitor, a man she hoped never to see again. Now she has no choice and is compelled to confront him.
Directed by Andrea Arnold
rape
glasgow, scotland
loss of loved one
video surveillance
deception
revenge
crack cocaine
security guard
cunnilingus
surveillance camera
security system
woman director
Trailer
IMDB
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Letterboxd
3.6 / 5
Cast
Kate Dickie
Jackie
Tony Curran
Clyde Henderson
Martin Compston
Stevie
Natalie Press
April
Paul Higgins
Avery
Anne Kidd
Brenda
Crew
Andrea Arnold
Director
Lone Scherfig
Writer
Anders Thomas Jensen
Writer
Andrea Arnold
Writer
Robbie Ryan
Director of Photography
Sisse Graum Jørgensen
Executive Producer
David M. Thompson
Executive Producer
Chris Sinclair
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Kahleen Crawford
Casting
Des Hamilton
Casting
Mark DeSimone
ADR Mixer
Levan Doran
Stunt Double
Popular Reviews
41 reviews
Jesse
7.0★ · 05/09/26
Takes a while to get going, and you basically don’t know anything until the end, but I really enjoyed that. Great cinematography too, bleak and beautiful!
Takes a while to get going, and you basically don’t know anything until the end, but I really enjoyed that. Great cinematography too, bleak and beautiful!
Interesting CCTV drama and a great directorial debut I think, although it felt slow at times, the whole exploration of grief was still interesting and perhaps even distressing at times.
Interesting CCTV drama and a great directorial debut I think, although it felt slow at times, the whole exploration of grief was still interesting and perhaps even distressing at times.
minjonss
5.0★ · 02/23/26
yeah a bit too rough for me
yeah a bit too rough for me
Arco Parkin
7.9★ · 10/03/25
really solid, great script
really solid, great script
Alfie Kemp
9.9★ · 08/18/25
An incredibly well made film with a great use of (or lack of) sound only using it when it is needed and leaving the highly emotional and moving scenes in silence to add to and heighten the emotion and tension of the particular scenes. Also it is a deeply moving exploration of grief much of the success to be accredited to Kate dickie who absolutely nailed her role as Jackie. I have to add that it’s a very well written film too really leaving us wanting to know more about Jackie and what is going on in the film. Finally the one thing I probably found most interesting was the focus shifts in certain scenes which is something found a lot in this film but I think that this one small detail really makes us align with Jackie and allows us to view the events of the film from her perspective but is also the director forcing us to see certain parts of the frame and sort of guiding us around the frame in terms of what we are meant to see.
PS. Thank you to the bfi employee who recommended this on the bfi players staff picks section this was a really interesting watch.
An incredibly well made film with a great use of (or lack of) sound only using it when it is needed and leaving the highly emotional and moving scenes in silence to add to and heighten the emotion and tension of the particular scenes. Also it is a deeply moving exploration of grief much of the success to be accredited to Kate dickie who absolutely nailed her role as Jackie. I have to add that it’s a very well written film too really leaving us wanting to know more about Jackie and what is going on in the film. Finally the one thing I probably found most interesting was the focus shifts in certain scenes which is something found a lot in this film but I think that this one small detail really makes us align with Jackie and allows us to view the events of the film from her perspective but is also the director forcing us to see certain parts of the frame and sort of guiding us around the frame in terms of what we are meant to see.
PS. Thank you to the bfi employee who recommended this on the bfi players staff picks section this was a really interesting watch.
