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Gwen
Writer/director William Mc-
Gregor’s feature debut Gwen is an
effective example of what can be
achieved on a low budget with a
small but talented cast and a strik-
ing location. Where most British
indie filmmakers struggle to mine
the cinematic potential of Britain’s
over-exposed urban areas, Mc-
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by Eric Hillis
Gregor sets his folk-horror tinged
gothic drama in the spectacularly
moody Welsh valleys.
It’s there that the eponymous
heroine, teenager Gwen (Eleanor
Worthington-Cox, exceptional),
runs a small farm with her mother,
Elen (Maxine Peake), and younger
sister, Mari (Jodie Innes), while her
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