Synopsis

This contemporary fast-paced and time-twisting, thriller set in the UK’s provincial underbelly. Jean, nineteen and pregnant, is pitched against her uncle, Leon, in a fight for the life and soul of Magpie, her half-brother. A compelling journey that starts with death and destruction and takes Jean from innocent to determined survivor and the final confrontation with relatives who have lived way past the margins.

One hot summer’s night Jean abandons her going nowhere life, but quickly finds herself in the no-where to go world of her half-brother, Magpie; Leon’s world of violence and desperation which, thanks to Magpie, is falling apart.

Escaping a murder Magpie, forced to take Jean with him, flees from their uncle Leon. On the road Jean and Magpie discover each other, only to fall into a trap set by Leon, with the collusion of their mother, Paula. In a final shoot out Jean tries to save Magpie and Paula, but Leon has other plans.

Production

Director: Michael B Clifford
Producer: Paula McBreen
Screenplay: Joanne Lee
Cast: Imogen Poots, Emily Watson, John Hannah
Status: Shooting 2011

Director’s Statement

Two time BAFTA winning director Michael B Clifford: ‘Relative Desire is full of action, sexual tension and cinematic vision but I want to hear a pin drop when Jean and Magpie are alone with just a wrecked car and a dead body between them.