A hot Italian stranger walks into a Preston library. Chaos ensues. The 70s were weird, man.
It is 1970, there is World Cup and General Election fever. Marco, a wealthy Italian has come to England to discover his true identity. Carl, a student is torn between canvassing for the Labour party, watching the World Cup or going on a walking holiday with his girlfriend Ellie. Their paths cross in Preston library and the three take an epic journey across the Pennines.
Acting
Lena Headey before Game of Thrones—already serving complex female energy.
Production
Painfully authentic 1970 period detail, down to the Labour pamphlets.
Director
Alan Dossor
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was Lena Headey's first major screen role at age 20, filmed before she became Cersei's glorious disaster.
The 1970 World Cup subplot isn't random—England's quarterfinal exit to West Germany that year was genuinely traumatic national trauma.
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