Completed - Drama, Comedy - 96 minutes
Anna is stuck: she’s approaching 30, living in a shed in her mums garden and making videos with her thumbs. Her Mum wants her to get on with her life and get a haircut that doesn’t put her gender in question; Anna wants her Mum to BACK THE F-OFF.
Year of production : 2016 Director(s) : Rachel TUNNARD Writer(s) : Rachel TUNNARD Cast : Jodie WHITTAKER, Edward HOGG, Lorraine ASHBOURNE, Alice LOWE, Brett GOLDSTEIN Producer(s) : Michael BERLINER (Pico Pictures)
Anna is stuck: she’s approaching 30, living like a hermit in her mum’s garden shed and wondering why the suffragettes ever bothered. She spends her days making videos using her thumbs as actors - thumbs that bicker about things like whether Yogi Bear is a moral or existential nihilist. But Anna doesn’t show these videos to anyone and no one knows what they are for. A week before her birthday her Mum serves her an ultimatum – she needs to move out of the shed, get a haircut that doesn’t put her gender in question and stop dressing like a homeless teenager. Naturally, Anna tells her Mum to BACK THE F-OFF. However, when her school friend comes to visit, Anna’s self-imposed isolation becomes impossible to maintain. Soon she is entangled with a troubled eight year old boy obsessed with Westerns, and the local estate agent whose awkward interpersonal skills continually undermine his attempts to seduce her. This is a story about confronting the things we are most scared of – a story that explores the universal themes of being lost and finding yourself, making peace with who you are, and regaining self-confidence and dignity. It is basically the same themes as ROCKY if you think about it. But with thumbs. And a cowboy. And no boxing.
Country(ies) : UNITED KINGDOM
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Tribeca FF 2016 (Narrative Spotlight)