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A gothic hall of mirrors Henry Edwards’ The Bargain arrives like a sulphur-tinged letter slipped beneath the door of British post-war cinema, announcing that identity itself is currency, easily forged, brutally collected. Shot on the frost-bitten backlots of Hepworth Studios with a budget that would not keep a London...


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" A gothic hall of mirrors Henry Edwards’ The Bargain arrives like a sulphur-tinged letter slipped beneath the door of British post-war cinema, announcing that identity itself is currency, easily forged, brutally collected. Shot on the frost-bitten backlots of Hepworth Studios with a budget that would not keep a London townhouse warm for a week, the film nonetheless radiates patrician chill; every frame seems exhaled from a silver snuffbox. Performance as exorcism Chrissie White’s Eveline is th..."
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