Una

When the beautiful Una (Rooney Mara) suddenly shows up in Ray’s (Ben Mendelsohn) office one day, the executive is unwittingly confronted with his dark past. Fifteen years earlier, he had been involved in a forbidden affair with his neighbor’s daughter, who was a minor at the time—an affair for which Ray was eventually arrested and convicted. Now in his late 40s, Ray has built a new life for himself under a different name. For the young woman Una, however, time seems to have stood still. What follows is a relentless reckoning with long-buried memories—with fatal consequences... “Una and Ray” is a quiet drama about grief, memory, and the cautious rapprochement of two people bound by a shared, morally delicate past. The film unfolds its great power through small gestures. In doing so, director Benedict Andrews succeeds in portraying how difficult letting go can be—while still facing the pain. “A challenging psychological drama with magnificent actors that consistently denies the viewer moral certainties. The theatrical premise is effectively disrupted by clever shifts in the action and flashbacks. – Worth seeing” (Lexikon des Internationalen Films)