8 minutes of British awkwardness that'll make you delete your phone.
A man is isolated by modern technology. He takes his mobile phone back to the shop - it's not working, he's not receiving any calls. But the phone is fine, it's him that's not working. But he still wants answers.
Acting
Kevin Eldon's deadpan breakdown is masterful.
Writing
Dialogue that stings with recognition.
Director
Chris Connatty
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Premiered pre-smartphone ubiquity but predicted our notification anxiety with eerie precision. Eldon later called it 'the most accidentally relevant thing I've done.'
Shot in a real Carphone Warehouse after hours. The 'not receiving calls' premise was inspired by director Connatty's own phone inexplicably stopping during a breakup.
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