One man vs. bureaucracy: the most stressful parking lot you'll ever watch.
Recent graduate, Arthur Macdonald, narrowly avoids a collision with a truck when he takes a short-cut to work. In his job as traffic safety engineer he proposes to erect a median barrier to prevent collisions. His proposal meets with derision from his boss and indifference from the politicians and the public, but Arthur isn't about to give up. He struggles on toward his goal, despite limited resources, office politics, and City politics.
Writing
Makes municipal budget hearings feel like life-or-death stakes.
Acting
Arthur's slow-burn desperation is painfully relatable.
Director
James Beattie Morison
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Director James Beattie Morison spent years in urban planning before filmmaking; the procedural details are exhaustively authentic.
The film mirrors real 2010s campaigns for median barriers on dangerous highways, particularly in Scotland where it was shot.
CA
