Kathryn Mason as CeliaPhotographed by Imran K
Celia is Anna’s cousin. She is the focal point of rivalry between Anna’s mother and her sister. Celia is succeeding at school whereas Anna struggles to fit in and seeks to find work as soon as she can to help her father pay gambling debts. Celia is the source of pride in Anna’s mother’s family whereas Anna has little respect. Anna is effected during her teenage years by her parents splitting up and her father leaving the household and she has no confidence in herself at school.
Anna’s mother is disgusted how badly Anna does at school and she sees Anna as an embarrassment to her. She further focuses herself on her own career to stay one step ahead of her sibling, but Anna and her younger Benoit are left much to their own devices as a result. This picture appears during where Anna’s family structure is described and where her difficult life in France is put across. Anna doesn’t however blame Celia when her mother sees her as the daughter she wishes she had. Celia is wrapped up in trying to fulfil the expectations of her and normally succeeds, but she struggles with the adhering to the perfect image people have of her. She hides her smoking habit and is seen as someone who is to good for others, but watches a man that changes in front of a window from the bathroom where she can see him. Anna sees Celia as being secretly mixed up as she is, but masks it being her successful academic achievement
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