The audience are made to suffer through scenes that range from the uncomfortable to the unwatchable.

Miss Violence is a grim tale of family dysfunction that also stands as an allegory about moral and economic decline in Greek society.

It (self-evidently) does not have the humour of those movies by Lanthimos and Tsangari and by that token, less of their richness and inventiveness. But its force can't be doubted.

Though beautifully shot, and with great artistic merit, Miss Violence is also an unremittingly harsh, disturbing movie to watch, and it leaves its taint behind in the memory.