Completed - ENGLISH - Drama - 86 minutes
John O’Groats, Scotland: An old man crosses the country just using local buses
Year of production : 2021 Director(s) : Gillies MACKINNON Writer(s) : Joe AINSWORTH Cast : Timothy SPALL, Phyllis LOGAN Producer(s) : Sol PAPADOPOULOS (Hurricane Films), Roy BOULTER (Hurricane Films)
Heart-warming tale of an old man (Timothy Spall) whose wife (Phyllis Logan) has just passed away- and with his free local bus pass travels to the other end of the UK- to where they originally moved from- using only local buses, on a nostalgic trip but also carrying his wife’s ashes in a small suitcase, ‘taking her back’ and in doing so he meets local people, and by the end of his trip he’s a celebrity.
Country(ies) : UNITED KINGDOM Financing plan : Head Gear, Quickfire, Lipsync Start of shooting : October 2019
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Zurich FF 2021 (Gala Premiere)Chichester 2021 (Opening film/ UK Premiere)Mill Valley 2021 (World/ North Am Premiere)British Film Festival Australia 2021Bif&st Bari International Film Festival 2021 (International Panorama: Winner Best Actor: Timothy Spall)