In a post-industrial port town that has long since seen the back of economic prosperity, car-jacker Rob does his best to care for his dying father. When a job goes terribly wrong, it threatens to destroy their already fragile relationship.
Acting
Palmer Rothwell's raw desperation as Rob is devastating.
Cinematography
Bleak port town becomes a character in its own right.
Director
Rene Pannevis
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Director Rene Pannevis expanded this from his BAFTA-nominated short, shot in his hometown of Grimsby.
Part of a wave of post-Brexit British cinema examining forgotten industrial towns—think 'I, Daniel Blake' with more crime and less Ken Loach sermonizing.
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