One particularly adorable scene in which the pair stick stamps to one another is overflowing with cute and the chemistry between Heidi Valkenburg and Chris Gibson is buzzing, but slightly distant in the best possible way. You know something’s not quite right under the sugar-coated surface and the appearance of a huge angry banana (a bad memory from Gene’s childhood) confirms this and spirals the remaining minutes into a brilliant realm of weird and wonderful. Gibson’s performance is completely striking and his wide-eyed look of wonder is distinctly child-like and alluring. These ‘deer in the headlights’ looks from both leads single-handedly assisted in the natural unravelling of each characters story, a fine achievement indeed.

With a lovely little twist right at the end, its clear that Mirasol has a knack for the whole package, wonderful direction, original writing and simply stunning cinematography. Definitely someone to keep your eyes on.

By Chloe Leeson

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Chloe Leeson is 19 and from the north of England (the proper north). She believes Harmony Korine is the future and is pretty sure she coined the term ‘selfie central’. She doesn’t like Pina Coladas or getting caught in the rain but she does like Ezra Miller & Dane DeHaan a whole lot. Her favourite films are The Beach, Lords of Dogtown and Into the Wild. But DON’T talk to her about Paranormal Activity. She rants @kawaiigoff.