It was David Farr, playwright and RSC Associated Director, who adapted John
le Carre novel of the same name for the TV miniseries The Night Manager something I’m sure you enjoying on BBC TV on a
Sunday evening. Farr has now directed his first feature film and what a grand
job he's made of it.
The Ones Below (2015) reveals how one couples tragedy
becomes another couple’s nightmare. An affluent London couple Kate (French born
Clemence Poesy) and Justin (Stephan Campbell Moore) living in a first floor
flat in an Islington terraced town house are expecting their first child and
are delighted to discover that another couple Teresa (Finish actress Laura
Birn) and her husband Jon (David Morrissey) who are also expecting their first
child are moving into the basement flat that had remained empty since the death
of its elderly tenant. It would seem that the two couples are ideally suited to
become great friends having so much in common but the dynamics change when a
terrible accident occurs.
This Polanski style psychological thriller is certainly an impressive
debut for Farr. He has produced a polished suspense movie and a gripping
example of a modern psychological drama that brings to mind the work of the
great Polish filmmaker Roman Polanski. Following its showing at the
Glasgow Film Festival it had its UK general release in March 2016 and its USA
release in May 2016..
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