A father-son reunion goes wildly, hilariously wrong in 17 perfect minutes.
A son is reunited with his long lost father for the first time. You might imagine it's time to discover everything about where he's come from and where he's going. But he's about to get a surprise...
Writing
Razor-sharp dialogue that builds to an excruciating punchline.
Acting
Henshaw's pathetic dad energy is genuinely painful to witness.
Director
Chris Shepherd
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Chris Shepherd specializes in this exact flavor of Northern English working-class tragedy-comedy; his 2001 short 'Dad's Dead' shares the same DNA.
The flat's depressing specificity — the betting slips, the single mug, the 'World's Best Dad' trophy he definitely bought himself — tells the whole backstory without a word.
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