A chance encounter with a past acquaintance unravels a couple's life with unsettling and suspenseful revelations.
Tense. A full-attention watch at a measured pace. Emotionally it is heavy.
Streaming on Kanopy (free) and Hoopla (free).
Some innuendo or implied sex and some violence, about what an R should carry.
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Simon and Robyn are a young married couple whose life is going as planned until a chance run-in with Simon's high school acquaintance sends their world into a tailspin.
There is a twist, and that is all we are saying.
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