One of the few British movies to show at Cannes last year, Shona Auerbach's feature debut is a touching if rather manipulative charmer that gets by on the strength of its lead performances. Emily Mortimer is the Scottish single mum who protects her deaf son from his abusive dad by pretending he's away at sea. The problems start when she has to produce this imagined father, forcing her into an uneasy arrangement with an enigmatic stranger (Gerard Butler).
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