The precision of the drops is astonishing, the impact heart-lifting, their moments of victory obvious and unquestionable.

But Vera, the character, is far more than that, and not just because Blethyn infuses her with such a captivating mix of slovenliness and precision, prickliness and empathy.

Now, Mimi’s social media is curated with such precision that you will never see her in lighting that does not favor her.

But, when it has mattered, Littler plucked precision from the quiver.

Davies says the aesthetic precision of the film is down to Berger’s careful planning.