Una

2017

Johnny's comments:

Una is a drama set over one day (with some flashbacks) where Una (Rooney Mara) spots a photo of a group of workers and sees that former neighbour and lover Ray (Ben Mendelsohn) is one of the people in the photo. She tracks him down and confronts him about why he has not come back into her life. A couple of things, Una was 13 when they started their relationship and Ray went to jail for it. She confronts Ray, now Paul and he is extremely reluctant to talk to Una, but Una is persistent and wants him back. At the same time, Paul is supposed to give news that six workers are to be fired from his workplace and this does not go down well with his co-workers especially Scott (Riz Ahmed), who's been told that he's one of the six. As Paul tries to avoid responsibility for the workers, he is stuck with Una and he may have to deal with his feelings for her.

Decent but fairly disturbing drama that is basically a filmed play, but is driven by its two excellent leads in Mara and Mendelsohn. Tough watch but worth a look.

Rooney Mara film clips (collage below)