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Una

2017 · 94 min

A tense, airless confrontation that crawls under your skin, leaving a lingering ache of damage and unresolved hurt.

Tagline
Absence makes the hurt grow stronger.
Overview
When a young woman unexpectedly arrives at an older man's workplace, looking for answers, the secrets of the past threaten to unravel his new life.
Stream in the UK
  • Channel 4 Plus
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How it feels

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Tone
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • bleakstrength 3 of 3
  • tensestrength 3 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • trauma
  • grief
  • obsession
  • deception
  • identity
Places
  • workplace
  • suburbs
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • single location
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language strong
  • Violence mild
  • Sex strong
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror3
Humour1
Realism8
Romance4
Tension8
Darkness9
Complexity6
Emotional weight9

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Details

Genres
drama, thriller
Directed by
Benedict Andrews
Written by
David Harrower
Starring
Rooney Mara, Ben Mendelsohn, Riz Ahmed, Ruby Stokes, Tara Fitzgerald, Natasha Little, Tobias Menzies, Indira Varma
Music
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Cinematography
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Runtime
94 min
Country
Canada, United States of America, United Kingdom
Languages
English

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