When Molly learns that her mother has died, she returns to the family home to find her father living outside in a tent and a lock on the door of her mother's room. She reaches out to her father to be let into the room, but he refuses – although when she does eventually get in there, it is the least of the family secrets which are revealed.

I found this short film on a blog I frequent and on there it was mentioned that the story was inspired by a real funeral that writer and actress Stubbings went to, where a friend had secrets revealed but was not there to put his side of his life forward, leaving those present with a lot of hurt and anger and nowhere for it to go. It seems that Stubbings has harnessed that but also seen the comic side of it and the result is this film, which is incredibly dark, but never plays it for emotional points but rather in an oddly comic way that is not funny but is amusingly weird. The plot sees Molly discover a side of her mother's life that she was not aware of – in a rather graphic and undeniable way. This sets the stage for other bombshells as her father, although much more stable, is not really the most emotionally considerate.

The narrative unfolds in an interesting fashion and it engages it what it says about those we think we know but also how we deal with not having really known them. The little detail of the film give it its odd feeling – from the tent that the father lives in, to his emotional detachment, to the "Love is" tee-shirt that Molly wears for most of the film. It all helps to offset the seriousness of what we are seeing, and the pain it all causes, to produce a film that manages to do both – be oddly comical but also emotionally impacting. As writer and actress Stubbings is really good but Kirk is also very strong in more of an understated and awkward way.

It is an odd film for sure, and very dark in its content, but it does it in a way that balances the emotional damage with the comical ordinariness of British life, making for an oddly engaging short film.

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