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The Forge Entertainment
Synopsis
Liverpool, Autumn 2019. Sarah (Jodie Comer), unsupported at home and with a history of school exclusion, finds a job as a care home assistant. She’s a natural. Sarah cares for Tony (Stephen Graham), a man with young-onset Alzheimers, and they forge an unlikely bond over the card game 'Shithead'.
March 2020. Covid hits the UK and hospital patients (mostly untested) are shunted into care homes to make space for critical cases. There is minimal personal protection equipment and insufficient funds and staff to deal with the growing onslaught of illness. Horrified at the spiralling death rate of her vulnerable patients and colleagues and desperate to save Tony from catching the virus, Sarah makes a snap decision. She springs Tony and they go on the run.
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Details
- Year
- 2021
- Type of film
- Features
- Running Time
- 97 min
- Format
- HD
- Director
- Marc Munden
- Producer
- Jenny Frayn
- Executive Producer
- Marc Munden, Beth Willis, George Faber, Jack Thorne, Jodie Comer, Stephen Graham
- Editor
- Simon Smith
- Screenwriter
- Jack Thorne
- Director of Photography
- Mark Wolf
- Production Designer
- Alexandra Toomey
- Sound
- Nigel Albermaniche
- Music
- Anna Meredith, Jim Williams
- Principal Cast
- Jodie Comer, Stephen Graham, Ian Hart, Cathy Tyson, Sue Johnston
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Production status
Post-production
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Last updated 14th June 2021
