Joseph, a man plagued by violence and a rage that is driving him to self-destruction, earns a chance of redemption that appears in the form of Hannah, a Christian charity shop worker.

Actor Paddy Considine (The Bourne Ultimatum, The World’s End) made an assured leap to directing with this tour de force, an unsparing and unconventional story of love and brute force that cleaned up at Sundance and was heralded as one of the best films of 2011.