In his directorial debut, Magpie, Sam Yates unveils a quietly intoxicating tale of unraveling desire and suffocating isolation. Working with a script by Tom Bateman, Yates delicately weaves a web of tension that grows tighter with every scene, transforming a seemingly simple story of marital discontent into something far more sinister. At the heart of this brooding drama are Anette (Daisy Ridley) and Ben (Shazad Latif), a couple whose crumbling relationship plays out against the backdrop of an eerily isolated countryside home.