Quartile rating: 8/10 · 1 rating
A council case worker looks for the relatives of those found dead and alone.
Uberto Pasolini's quiet British drama is a measured, deeply compassionate work anchored by Eddie Marsan's extraordinary restrained performance as John May, a bureaucrat who tends to the forgotten dead with quiet devotion. The cinematography is beautifully composed — still, deliberate frames that mirror the protagonist's solitary existence and the weight of unnoticed lives. The ending is genuinely devastating and memorable, one of the most quietly affecting in recent British cinema. The plot is spare and episodic, which suits the material but limits dramatic momentum, and while the film's tone is distinctive, its premise — lonely man confronting mortality — treads familiar existential ground. Still, Marsan's acting alone elevates it well above average.