Mara plays the eponymous Una,
a 28 year old who at the tender
age of 13, entered into a sexual
relationship with an adult neigh-
bor, Ray (Ben Mendelsohn), the
latter subsequently serving four
years behind bars when his ac-
tions were discovered. Fifteen
years later, Una tracks down Ray,
now going under the name ‘Pe-
ter’, and confronts him at his cur-
rent workplace.
Initially, Ray assumes Una has
come looking for revenge, pull-
ing her handbag out of her
hands in fear it contains a pistol
or some other weapon. It soon
becomes apparent however
that Una’s anger at Ray stems
not from his physical abuse, but
at the fact that he walked away
from her. As outrageous as it
may seem, Ray is still the love of
Una’s life, and she hopes to pick
up where they left off.
I can’t speak for Harrower’s
play, but the film he has fash-
ioned as a scriptwriter suggests
he has scant interest in anything
other than exploiting a shock-
Watch the trailer for Una
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