A working-class dad snaps. The gig economy broke him—now watch him break back.
Shot mainly in South East London, it’s about Micky Mason, a skilled manual worker who, since the Crash, can find nothing but menial zero hours jobs. He takes a course of action that is completely out of character, but it’s the only way he can see of keeping his family together. It is about surviving, but it’s not all anguish and despair - it’s also warm and tender, and funny. It's about people finding their way through. It’s about Micky Mason; a man out there, right now, doing his best.
Acting
Martin Herdman's quietly devastating everyman performance
Writing
Dialogue that actually sounds like real Londoners talking
Director
Mark Gillis
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Director Mark Gillis self-financed this after 2008 destroyed his own construction business—every frame reeks of lived experience.
Josh Herdman, who plays Micky's son Jason, is best known as Gregory Goyle in the Harry Potter films—this is his dramatic glow-up.
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