Archipelago (15)

British film since the 1960s has been renowned for gritty working class social dramas. Joanna Hogg explores a different terrain, that of the angst ridden middle class. This, her second film, is set during a family holiday on Tresco, the Isles of Scilly. The chilly windswept landscape, beautifully shot, reflects the distances amongst the protagonists. Hogg shows an intense awareness of low-level psychological tensions, her sensitivity to silences to mask aggression makes for some uncomfortable identifications.