Calm with Horses

Birollsinnehavaren Barry Keoghan är bäst i ett kärvt irländskt drama om en ömsint muskelman som vill slippa ur den lokala maffians klor.

Rowland’s filmmaking, from jump cuts to impressive oppressive sound design, keys you into the edginess and despair that engulfs the characters.

Matis Rei’s supple sound design completes the picture, woozily weaving in and out of the score, leading us through these shifting moods with heady ease.

It’s a striking performance, if only to see an actor so in tune with their physical and emotional halves portraying someone who is the exact and tragic opposite.