‘Alone’ (AKA ‘Antidote’) is an independent film, that features a small number of main players stuck in a basement, shouldn’t be this compelling. This slow-moving study on how a global pandemic can affect one couple, when the man becomes infected, is unnerving and grim - with occasional toe-curling scenes of physical disintegration, of course.
The acting, from main players Kate Flanagan and Michael Izquierdo as Teresa and Matthew is extraordinary throughout, going beyond simply recreating emotions, raw and desperate. This is human endurance gone further than it should, several times over.
By the end though, if there is a lesson to be learned, it is probably this: if things appear to be hopeless, that’s because they are. My score is 8 out of 10.