i saw one life stand when it premier at the 2000 edinburgh international film festival and be blow away by it . make on a micro budget and this black and white digital movie be very much a european film and succeed brilliantly in spite of the limitation of dv . the film work because it in the indie tradition deal with complex issue and yet move and relieve by touch of understated humour . one life stand avoids fall into the trap of other uk realist film and with ordinary work people portray a either hopeless victim or comedic stereotype . the performance be strong and particularly maureen carr a the mother and trise . i understand the film have recently be release on dvd and i would definitely recommend it . the rating on this site be mislead and which be why i give it a high score because the filmmaker and may mile thomas obviously put her heart and soul into it and deserve good than 2 . 8 for her amazing achievement .