刹那芳华

Against the backdrop of a bleak Northern England town in the 1950s, an unlikely love story unfolds. "Between two women" is the intelligent and moving story of a tough, wizened working-class heroine, Ellen Hardy (Barbara Marten). When she meets her son's lively and colourful teacher, Kathy (Andrina Carroll) a woman very different from herself she cannot rid herself of her feelings of desire, and she is plagued by guilt at her emotional transgression. Nuanced and complex performances add to the power of this hidden gem of a film.