In the flickering light of that solitary hut in the vast ice land, against embers keeping the Arctic cold away, new passions suddenly spring up. Saiva remembers her lost love, Anja discovers what is to be a woman, while Loki — perhaps for the first time in his life — finds himself at the centre of unexpected attraction. He harmlessly flirts with both. By the time he makes up his mind, the roll of the dice has already taken the game too far.

While Bean and Krusiec are proficient, Yeoh is simply brilliant. A great beauty, she has at the same time this immense capability of conveying a cruel coldness that Kapadia works to great effect here.

Whether knitting, with her back to the lovers or standing looking at the hut she suddenly finds herself an outsider in, Yeoh is the embodiment of our worst fears: those that can’t be voiced, and those that won’t stop at anything.