One of the reasons why we share stories, as films and in other ways, is to provide frameworks through which to understand the world. William (Bryce Johnson) and Rachel (Lyndie Greenwood) are reading Alice In Wonderland to eight-year-old Abby (Valentina Lucido). “Remember in the end Alice wakes up in time for tea,” Rachel tells William when trying to reassure him that it’s okay for the girl to have a fantasy life. But this story is based on real events, and in reality, those comforting frameworks cannot be relied upon.

Rachel isn’t part of the picture when we first meet the father and daughter, as they move into their new home. It’s the girl who finds her, in the school where he’s just started work, where she teaches dance. Greenwood is a dancer herself, which enables her to bring an energising physicality to the role. We skip ahead fairly quickly to the.