Oh, this is a good one. Brings to light the never-ending damage of college rape.
Sophie has done and been all the right things in her life: pretty and popular in college, athletic, well-liked and dating the most handsome future husband, James. They’ve created the perfect family in the perfect home; she’s a stay-at-home mom while he’s a well-respected Tory Junior Minister. All is not as it appears, though, and Sophie’s time of pretending to be oblivious to the cracks and faults in their foundation is drawing near.
James has been accused of rape by his former mistress. He willingly admits the months-long affair but insists the events the evening of the rape were consensual. The lead prosecutor, Kate Woodcroft, a London barrister, reacts unusually when given the case and it’s not for quite a ways into the circumstances before we realize the full picture.
While reviewing the facts of the “so-called rape”, you begin to question if it’s a false claim made by a jilted lover. But as you’re allowed the brief glimpses into the earlier Oxford days of their youth, you begin to question the innocence of not only James but Sophie too. You will not be able to look away as the train slowly crashes.
James has been accused of rape by his former mistress. He willingly admits the months-long affair but insists the events the evening of the rape were consensual. The lead prosecutor, Kate Woodcroft, a London barrister, reacts unusually when given the case and it’s not for quite a ways into the circumstances before we realize the full picture.
While reviewing the facts of the “so-called rape”, you begin to question if it’s a false claim made by a jilted lover. But as you’re allowed the brief glimpses into the earlier Oxford days of their youth, you begin to question the innocence of not only James but Sophie too. You will not be able to look away as the train slowly crashes.