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Robert Carlyle gives one of his most finely calibrated performances in the second feature from Kenny Glenaan (Yasmin, SIFF 2005). Glenaan's slow-burn examination of friendship, guilt, and commitment centers on Shaun, a gas station attendant who shares a council flat with his best mate, Daz, a single father confined to a wheelchair, and Daz's son, Dan, a chip off the hard-drinking block. Shaun acts as a sort of surrogate mother figure, as he looks after both men, but in his sun-dappled daydreams, he relives the summer he and Daz shared with Katy (Australian actress Rachael Blake), who left the East Midlands for work in the city. As kids, the three shared bike rides and dips in the lake, but Shaun's learning disabilities and untreated behavioral problems brought an end to their idyll when Daz took a spill and Katy's parents sent her away. With Daz's health now in serious decline, Shaun decides to reconnect with their long-lost friend to put the past behind him once and for all.
Cast & Crew
Director: Kenny Glennan
Producer: Camilla Bray
Editor: Kristina Hetherington
Screenwriter: Hugh Ellis
Cinematographer: Tony Slater-Ling
Awards: BAFTA Awards Scotland 2008 (Best Film, Director)
Rome International Film Festival 2008 (Best Film–Ag
Music: Stephen McKeon
Principal Cast: Robert Carlyle, Steve Evets, Rachael Blake
Filmography: Yasmin (2004)
World Sales: The Works International
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