looks back into her own past and look at decisions she made in a former life when she's played by jesse buckleye character in very different ways. maggie gyllenhaal always said as far as she was concerned, when she read the novella, she felt it was saying things about being a woman, being a mother, being a professional who had not been set out loud before. and she loved the idea of making it into a conversation. i think there's an awful lot of films in this, the idea that there is a surface, but beneath the surface, there are secrets waiting to be revealed. there's a real sense of dread in it. i also — i know a couple of people who've seen it who saw, as far as i can tell, completely different film to me. they read it in a completely different way. great performance by olivia coleman, really well directed by maggie gyllenhaal, who not only is a great writer and actor and director, but can also play the theramin. the what? the theramin. one of the most complicated instruments to play. i think this is really fascinating. i think it's terrific. it's into the enemas now and it's on netflix from the