This is Bennett's show... It's a role you can imagine a young Isabelle Huppert playing, and there's no higher praise than that.

Bennett, who's been largely off the radar for a while, is heartbreaking and, eventually, fierce as her character begins to crave change.

Functioning as a warped fairy tale, Swallow poses provocative questions about the expectations imposed on women, and the psychologically damaging effects of a patriarchal culture.

Swallow has an uncommon raw power that most films can’t reach.