Una

Una is a drama directed by Benedict Andrews. It is based on the play Blackbird by David Harrower, who also wrote the screenplay. It premiered last year at the Telluride Film Festival and stars Rooney Mara, Ben Mendelsohn, Riz Ahmed, Ruby Stokes, Tara Fitzgerald, Natasha Little, and Tobias Menzies.

Fifteen years earlier, Una ran away with an older man, Ray, a crime for which he was arrested and imprisoned. When she comes across a photo of him in a trade magazine, she tracks him down and turns up at his workplace. Her abrupt arrival threatens to destroy Ray’s new life and derail her stability.
Unspoken secrets and buried memories surface as Una and Ray sift through the wreckage of the past. Their confrontation raises unanswered questions and unresolved longings. It will shake them both to the core.
UNA gazes into the heart of a devastating form of love and asks if redemption is possible.

Speaking to Deadline.com, Mendelsohn talked about how he jumped at the chance to join the project. “I read it and immediately threw my hat in, and put my hands together to say, “Please, please, please.” I haven’t had a reaction like that to a script in a long time. I think it’s very unusual to find the degree of completeness in the psyches that are revealed in the piece, but also for it to be such a difficult and thrilling ride.”

Una is rated 14A.