Queen at Sea

Amanda, a university professor from Newcastle, arrives at her mother and stepfather's home to find her stepfather Martin having sexual relations with her mother Leslie, who suffers from advanced dementia. Amanda reports the incident to the police, and Martin is arrested on suspicion of sexual assault; authorities inform him that Leslie cannot legally consent due to her condition. Amanda moves into the family home to care for Leslie while the investigation unfolds. She allows Martin to stay in Leslie's room under strict conditions prohibiting any sexual contact, though Martin insists that Leslie frequently initiates intimacy herself, complicating the moral picture. When a court assessor visits to evaluate the situation, Amanda conceals Martin's continued presence. Eventually, concerns about Leslie's welfare lead to her being placed in a care facility, but staff soon report troubling incidents in which Leslie enters another resident's room partially undressed. Observing Leslie holding hands with this fellow resident convinces Martin that she truly does lack the capacity to consent. He and Amanda bring Leslie back home and arrange for a private nurse. The crisis reaches a breaking point when Martin attempts to help Leslie bathe after she has soiled herself. Startled during the washing, Leslie strikes Martin, causing him to slip on the wet bathroom tiles and sustain a serious head injury. Amanda returns to the house to find her mother standing at the top of the stairs while the shower continues to run; the film cuts away before she discovers Martin's fate, leaving the outcome ambiguous. Running parallel to these events is a subplot in which Amanda's teenage daughter Sara embarks on a romantic relationship with a local boy named James and loses her virginity, quietly echoing the film's broader themes of bodily autonomy, desire, and the limits of protection.

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