Laura is a 32-year-old woman working at a call centre in London who is struggling as a writer. She lives with her best friend, Tyler, an American with plenty of money who bankrolls their hard drinking lifestyle.

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Inevitably the dynamics of the various relationships change, and more so after they become friends with a poet, Marty, to whom Laura is attracted, and his circle of literary friends. Laura struggles to make progress with her novel throughout the film. Later, on a trip to London for Tyler's nephew's christening, the two run into Marty, who went to school with Tyler. Claiming her phone is dead, Tyler has Laura exchange numbers with Marty, who later sends her a picture of his erect penis.Set in Manchester, the novel follows best friends Laura and Tyler, codependent alcoholics whose lifestyle comes under scrutiny after Laura becomes engaged to Jim, a pianist and a teetotaler. After premiering at the Sundance Film Festival in early 2019, where it was well received, [6] the film had its Australian premiere at a "pop-up" event at the Adelaide Film Festival on 5–6 April 2019. [3] [7] Initially, I am defensive. I tell her I don’t believe in closure and I don’t want to get “better”. “Getting better” is a patriarchal narrative and a marketing invention. Messy women are as valid as any. Women are not problems to be solved. However, our narrator, Laura is at a crossroad in her life now, as she tries to juggle her impending nuptials and her love of 'the Night'. (pretty much heralded by the siren call of Tyler).

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How different the winding, stony path of the morning to the straight, solid road of the night. The sky was pigeon grey. The way the day begins decides the shade of everything. We disembarked at Manchester just before nine. On the platform my every step felt like a decision. I was full of spinning magnets, attracting and repelling their own poles : walk, sleep, drink, call, don’t call, eat, sit down, don’t sit down. Animals: Alia Shawkat, Holliday Grainger, Sophie Hyde, Emma Jane Unsworth - 8 February 2019 on YouTube Laura and Tyler are flat mates and best friends who have been tearing up the city streets for ten years, leaving a trail of angry drug dealers and spent men in their wake. Now Laura is engaged to be married and her teetotal classical pianist fiancé, Jim, is away overseas. Tyler wants to keep the party going but Laura is torn between the constant temptations provided by her best friend and a calmer life with Jim on the horizon. As the wedding draws closer, their limits are tested along with their friendship. Circumstances change when Laura meets and then gets engaged to concert pianist Jim, who shortly afterwards gives up alcohol. Laura continues her partying lifestyle with Tyler, but starts spending nights with Jim.She is practised in the art of silence. I gabble into the dead air. I splurge it all out to Kim that first session. Hudson, Kerry (16 May 2014). "Animals by Emma Jane Unsworth review – pills, thrills and bellyaches". The Guardian . Retrieved 29 March 2019.