''Restless'' is a 2024 British thriller dark

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directed and written by Jed Hart, in his feature directorial debut. The film premiered at the

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on 9 June 2024 and also played at

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2025, where it was nominated for the Audience Award. Restless also played at

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, where it won Best UK Feature Film, and Best Actress, won by Lyndsey Marshal. The film was released theatrically in the United Kingdom on 4 April 2025.

Synopsis

A mild-mannered care worker’s peaceful existence is disturbed when an intimidating party animal moves into the house next door, a property that her parents inhabited for decades before their recent passing. Subjected to endless sleepless nights, she is gradually drawn into an escalating war of attrition that will test her resolve and her sanity to the limit.

Cast

Lyndsey Marshal Lyndsey Marshal (born 16 June 1978) is an English actress best known for her performance in '' The Hours'', as the recurring character Cleopatra on HBO's ''Rome'', and as Lady Sarah Hill in BBC period drama '' Garrow's Law''. Biography Marshal ...

as Nicky * Aston McAuley as Deano * Barry Ward as Kev *

Kate Robbins Kate Elizabeth Robbins (born 21 August 1958) is an English actress, singer, and songwriter. She came to prominence in the early 1980s when she scored a top ten single on the UK Official Charts with "More Than in Love", while she was appearing i ...

as Jackie * Denzel Baidoo as Clarkey * Ciara Ford as Marley

Reception

The film has received 5* reviews fro
Heyuguys
as well as 4* reviews across the board.

Release

''Restless'' premiered at the

on 9 June 2024. The film was released in the United Kingdom and Ireland on 4 April 2025. Quiver Distribution released the film on digital in the United States on 23 May 2025.

References

External links

* {{IMDb title, id=27689356
Official website
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