Sorcha Cusack

Helen lives with her ex-husband, his 20-year-old girlfriend, their new baby - and his dying mother Gwen. Her life is a grind, and like all the other women she toils with at the local chicken factory, is spent in service of the clock.

Respected police officer John River (Stellan Skarsgård), is gifted but troubled, struggling to come to terms with the recent loss of a colleague. He chases a suspect across London with tragic consequences.