Relapse

2015, 100 minutes

Would you risk it all again?

RELApSE is based on the experiences of a former alcoholic and drug addict (TESS) who has volunteered to trial a new drug which purports to ‘cure’ her addiction. The controversial experiment takes place over the course of one week and involves Tess relapsing into drinking alcohol in order to test the drug which has been developed to break the pattern of her addictive behaviors. The experiment is recorded by two film makers, who along with Tess’s partner, live with her in an isolated house throughout the course of the week. The film-diary records the events of a week in which Tess’s inner demons re-emerge to the point where everyone involved in the experiment is placed in extreme danger from forces that cannot be explained by rational means alone. Relapse is set in a small village on the Welsh coast. The principal locations, an isolated farmhouse and a Victorian church, utilize the brooding atmosphere of the marshland which lies on the edge of the village. In this way, the location becomes a character in its own right – heightening the sense of isolation and intensity as the action unfolds and the four protagonists have to deal with an increasingly terrifying situation.



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Ali Bell
Actor
Tess Ryan