This summer’s most intoxicating and intriguing romance, and the winner of a BAFTA Award and the top prize at the Edinburgh International Film Festival. A tale of obsession and deception, from award-winning director Pawel Pawlikowski. About the struggle for love and faith in a world where both seem impossible, the film features striking performances from two its two lead actresses, both of whom are movie newcomers. The film vibrantly charts the emotional and physical hothouse effects that bloom one summer for two young women (Natalie Press and Emily Blunt). Mona (played by Ms. Press) hides an untapped intelligence behind a spiky exterior. She yearns for something beyond the emptiness of her daily life. Tamsin (Ms. Blunt) is well-educated, spoiled, and cynical. As they are complete opposites, each girl is wary of the other’s differences when they first meet, but this coolness soon melts into mutual fascination, amusement, and attraction. Adding further volatility is Mona’s older brother Phil (Paddy Considine), who has renounced his criminal past for religious fervor – which he tries to impose upon his sister. Mona, however, is experiencing her own rapture. “We must never be parted,” Tamsin intones to Mona…but can Mona completely trust her?