Surge

Surge

classified 15
Film

Please note: This was screened in June 2021

Director
Aneil Karia
Cast
Ben Whishaw, Ellie Haddington, Chris Coghill
Details
105 mins, 2020, UK
Primary language
English

Ben Whishaw gives a deliriously committed performance in this gripping and exhilarating thriller from BAFTA-nominated British filmmaker Aneil Karia.

Whishaw plays Joseph, an emotionally unstable airport security officer beset by loneliness, insomnia and unresolved feelings for his co-worker Lily. After lashing out at work, he goes on a chaotic odyssey through London, experiencing surreal and disturbing encounters with strangers (and more tender ones with Lily and his troubled parents) as his actions push him closer and closer to breaking point - and/or liberation.

Whishaw's raw, full-blown performance as the unravelling Joseph is a jittery, distressing masterclass, and Karia makes ambitious use of sound and imagery to immerse us into a smart, stylish, and very claustrophobic film (reminisicent of the Safdie brothers' Uncut Gems).


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