Lost and Delirious (4 Stars)

To start off, 4 Stars might not be enough for this film, which I watched today for the first time. It started off slowly and even seemed boring, but as it progressed it rose to magnificent heights.

Mary Bedford is a shy 14-year-old girl who's sent to an elite boarding school. She feels like she's been pushed out of the way by her father and his new wife. This is probably true, because he doesn't even turn up to a parents' open day and Mary is left as the only girl present without her parents.

Mary is in shellshock in her new, unfamiliar world. The two girls she shares a room with, Paulie and Tori, are in a lesbian relationship. When the relationship breaks up Paulie involves Mary in her plans of revenge. The film is really about Paulie, not Mary. We see Paulie through Mary's eyes, making Mary a representative of the viewer within the film. Paulie is a deep person, and it's impossible not to get drawn into her mind. She walks around quoting Shakespeare, and she rises before dawn to feed her pet falcon in the forest. A stunning film that contains scenes which will long haunt me.