Una (2016)

Directed by

Benedict Andrews

Genre

drama film

Country

United Kingdom, United States, Canada

Runtime

1h 34m

Rated

16

Rating

6.0 of 10 from 285 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young woman named Una tracks down the man who sexually abused her when she was 13. They meet in his workplace and have a painful conversation about the past and its impact on both of their lives.

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What happens

Una is a 2016 drama film directed by Benedict Andrews based upon the play Blackbird by David Harrower, who also wrote the film's screenplay. It stars Rooney Mara, Ben Mendelsohn, Riz Ahmed, Ruby Stokes, Tara Fitzgerald, Natasha Little, and Tobias Menzies. The film focuses on the titular character, who confronts the man who groomed and abused her as a child many years earlier. The film had its world premiere at the 43rd Telluride Film Festival on September 2, 2016. It was released in the United Kingdom on September 1, 2017, by Thunderbird Releasing and in the United States on October 6, 2017, by Swen. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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