Two young women drift, drink and explore volatile emotions in Sian Astor-Lewis’s debut feature, with powerful performances by Lilit Lesser and Josefine GlæselThere are quite a few feature films around about teenage or very young women falling in love or at least experiencing queer desire for the first time, more than there were though far fewer than ones about young men.
Some have been excellent – see, for example Pariah, But I’m a Cheerleader, or Portrait of a Lady on Fire.
But some of the less polished examples have a worthy earnestness baked in, as if they’re on a didactic mission and straining to offer positive role models.
To Nowhere, on the other hand, feels deeply personal, bloody as a fresh wound, and entirely sugar-free.Made with just enough budget to cover a couple of song clearances and a few fancy fetish-shop props, this debut feature from writer-director…
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