WHO’S IN IT?
Timothy Spall (Mr. Turner), Juno Temple (The Dark Knight Rises), Matt Ryan (Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day), Hayley Squires (I, Daniel Blake), Susan Lynch (From Hell), Tony Pitts (War Horse), Joanna Roth (Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein), Reece Noi (Seamonsters)
WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?
David Blair (Mystics), director; Roger Hadfield (film debut), writer; Michael Knowles (A Boy Called Dad), Terry Stone (Shank) and Richard Turner (Freak of Nurture), producers; Anne Dudley (American History X), composer; Felix Wiedemann (City of Tiny Lights), cinematographer; Kate Baird (The Silent Storm), editor
WHAT’S IT ABOUT?
In Blackpool, the middle-aged Joseph (Spall) comes into contact with teenager Ria (Temple), and once both of them recognise their shared desire to escape their unflattering lives, they set out to help each other find a source of internal happiness…
IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?
Timothy Spall and Juno Temple make for an unlikely duo in this sweet British drama that fully displays their immense on-screen charisma and presence.