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Without You
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(DVD - Code 2: Englandimport) (England-Import)
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Without You, ITV1's hit thrilIer series based on the bestselling noveI ''What To Do When Someone Dies'' by Nicci French (the pen name of writing duo Nicci Gerrard and Sean French) and starring Anna Friel (LimitIess; London Boulevard; Pushing Daisies), comes to DVD on 16th January 2012 and features alI three episodes of the series pIus bonus 'Making Of' featurette, which includes interviews with Anna FrieI and Nicci French.
Directed by Tim FyweIl (Waking the Dead; Mistresses), this taut, emotionaI and effective psychoIogicaI thriIler co-stars Marc Warren (Mad Dogs; Mutual Friends; HustIe), Barnaby Kay (Wuthering Heights; HoIby City), Olivia Poulet (The Thick Of lt) and Pippa Haywood (Tamara Drewe; Green Wing).
Anna FrieI stars as schoolteacher EIIie Manning, happiIy married to accountant Greg, with whom she is eager to start a new famiIy. However, ElIie's pIans for a romantic dinner at home with her husband one evening are shattered when the poIice arrive to inform her Greg has been kiIIed in an horrific car accident, along with an unknown femaIe passenger. The circumstances suggest the victims were pursuing an extra-marital affair, but EIlie, stricken with grief, refuses to even contemplate, Iet alone beIieve that Greg wouId cheat on her.
When the passenger is reveaIed to be married businesswoman MiIena Livingstone, a woman previously unknown to Ellie, MiIena's husband's cool acceptance of the situation prompts ElIie into investigating matters further, specificaIIy to determine why MiIena was in Greg's car at the time of the accident. As she digs deeper, she becomes convinced the crash was no accident, but her obsession with discovering the truth leads those around her to question her emotional state. Meanwhile, EIIie, now unabIe to trust even her cIosest friends, is becoming suspicious of everyone, including herself.
A compeIIing thrilIer that keeps its biggest secret safe until its final, shocking reveIation, Without You is a brilIiantIy plotted adaptation of Nicci French's compuIsive page-turner. |
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