FLIM
HOARD
A DEBUT THAT WON’T BE CONSIGNED TO THE RUBBISH HEAP OF HISTORY
Dirty romancing: Hoarder Maria (Saura Lightfoot-Leon) with binman Michael (Joseph Quinn).
★★★
OUT 17 MAY / CERT 18 / 131 MINS
DIRECTOR Luna Carmoon
CAST Hayley Squires, Joseph Quinn, Saura Lightfoot-Leon, Lily-Beau Leach, Cathy Tyson
PLOT Foster kid Maria (Lightfoot-Leon) finds herself drawn to an elusive visitor (Quinn) — triggering a hoarding habit passed down from her mother (Squires).
PERHAPS IT COMES as no surprise that a film named Hoard is, well, disgusting. Everyday trash is one young woman’s treasure, and muck and grime communicate the extremities of humanity in Luna Carmoon’s prickly drama, which draws inspiration from the director’s own life. This is an uncompromising film that’s unafraid to wade in discomfort, for better or for worse.