War makes for odd and beautiful bedfellows. In Cal (1984) that strange pairing of apparently incongruent lovers in a battle-torn society extends to the sectarian violence of Northern Ireland. A sensitive, no-nonsense librarian has lost her husband, but a deep well of passion remains, stirring beneath her still, proper surface. A seething man-boy carries a front that is all passionate intensity, but deep … Become a Mr Skin Member and get the full review