A vivid, uncomfortable portrait of a relationship between a tightly wound young woman and her alcoholic father, forced to spend several uncomfortable days together during a road trip from Norway to Scotland. High-strung and short-tempered, London-based lawyer Kaisa (Lena Headey) has succeeded by teaching herself to emulate the boorish, bullying men with whom she works. Born in Norway to an English mother and a Norwegian father, she maintains distant relationships with both parents, who separated when she was a child. Bleary eyed and hung-over after a night of celebrating her new promotion, Lena gets an unexpected call from her mother, Helen (Charlotte Rampling), who ...
Released:
2000
Rated:
NR
Length:
106 mins