Sarah's Room

It follows the relationship between Joe (Patrick O’Brien) and Emma (Kitty Colquhoun) and their enigmatic lodger, Sarah (Hanna Stanbridge).

On returning to the home he shares with his wife in Edinburgh after a mysterious absence, Joe has to get to grips with the presence of Sarah, a lodger taken by Emma.

[1][2] McPhee has said that he aimed to create something that “looked far more expensive and unusual than the majority of micro budget feature films.”[1] To this end, the film was shot on Red, with second unit footage captured using DSLR.

The characters are certainly compelling and the cast, including a terrific Hannah Stanbridge along with the equally good Patrick O'Brien and Kitty Colquhoun, is uniformly strong and never less than convincing.

Too often the film feels like it is spinning its wheels, and when it does wrap up and you look back, you realize the narrative journey it took you on was actually very short, all things considered.”[7]