Left and Leaving

Australian ex-pat Gil is on a grey gap-year working in the London hospital to which Vivian brings Irene for treatment; together they try to bring calm where terror reigns. Irene is thrilled with her new friends, they less so with her ongoing interest in their lives. Gil has a girlfriend, who lives in the same building with her two children, and a family back home. Thirty-something Vivian has a high-flying boyfriend and a time-consuming job which may be about to transfer to Germany. But they keep finding reasons to spend time together in the run up to Christmas. Marooned in Tooting by a sudden snowstorm, Vivian and Gil are forced to spend the holiday confronting secrets and facing up to responsibilities they ve been complacent about for too long. And still in the background is Irene, intent on filling the holes in her life...