Clip description
Penny (Briony Behets) and Dee (Judy Morris) have gone to a house by the sea for a weekend alone but a succession of men passes through, including two men whose car has broken down. When they leave, Penny assumes that Dee has slept with one of them. She hasn’t, but Dee wants to know why she is concerned. When the two women are caught in a storm, they share a very close moment by the fire.
Curator’s notes
Penny’s more conventional reality is tested by Dee’s seemingly casual approach to sex; it makes her confused and angry, partly because she is becoming fond of her new friend. That is confusing in itself, since Dee has slept with her husband. The scene at the end suggests they are very close to becoming lovers, although we are not shown that. In clip three, Penny tells Richard that they are lovers. This may not be true, as we learn later in the film, but it’s never fully clarified.