This third collaboration from the Figgis/Burrows partnership retreads avenues - self-destruction, self-loathing and social alienation - that the director has examined better before in Leaving Las Vegas.
Based on famed misogynist August Strindberg's play of oppression and emotional complexity - Burrows is the count's daughter who spends the night with Mullan's lower-class footman - Figgis' obsession with technical experimentation may lessen the intensity, but always holds the attention.
